Dictator

Confirms Harris's undisputed place as our leading master of both the historical and contemporary thriller' Daily Mail_LAWS ARE SILENT IN TIMES OF WAR. -- CiceroThere was a time when Cicero held Caesar's life in the palm of his hand. But now Caesar is the dominant figure and Cicero's life is in ruins.Cicero's comeback requires wit, skill and courage. And for a brief and glorious period, the legendary orator is once more the supreme senator in Rome.But politics is never static. And no statesman, however cunning, can safeguard against the ambition and corruption of others._'The finest fictional treatment of Ancient Rome in the English language' - The Scotsman

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Robert Harris

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Robert Harris is the author of thirteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich and The Second Sleep. Several of his books have been filmed, including The Ghost, which was directed by Roman Polanski. His work has been translated into forty languages and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.

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'Confirms Harris's undisputed place as our leading master of both the historical and contemporary thriller'*Daily Mail*

'Climatic in every sense . . . I could not put it down' Guardian

There was a time when Cicero held Caesar's life in the palm of his hand. But now Caesar is the dominant figure and Cicero's life is in ruins. Cicero's comeback requires wit, skill and courage. And for a brief and glorious period, the legendary orator is once more the supreme senator in Rome. But politics is never static. And no statesman, however cunning, can safeguard against the ambition and corruption of others.

'The finest fictional treatment of Ancient Rome in the English language' The Scotsman