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В тот вечер, когда знаменитого оратора и политика Марка Туллия Цицерона провозгласили консулом Римской республики, его срочно вызвали к пристаням на набережной Тибра. Именно здесь было выловлено тело молоденького раба, принадлежавшего одному из самых видных граждан Рима. По некоторым признакам на теле убитого Цицерон определил: раба принесли в жертву в ходе какого-то странного обряда. Но кто же из римлян оказался способен на такое? И с какой целью осуществлялось жертвоприношение? Цицерон еще не знает, что этот замученный раб – ниточка, ведущая к одному из самых опасных заговоров в истории Республики, направленному против него самого; заговору, в котором участвует сам Гай Юлий Цезарь…

Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power. Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy. The stories of these real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions, their brilliance and their crimes - are all interleaved to form this epic novel. Its narrator is Tiro, a slave who serves as confidential secretary to the wily, humane, complex Cicero. He knows all his master's secrets - a dangerous position…

Rome, 63 ВС. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power. Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy. The stories of these real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions, their brilliance and their crimes - are all interleaved to form this epic novel. Its narrator is Tiro, a slave who serves as confidential secretary to the wily, humane, complex Cicero. He knows all his master's secrets - a dangerous…

Второй роман биографической трилогии о Цицероне описывает события «консульского» для Цицерона 63 года до н.э. и нескольких последующих лет, пунктирно следуя истории Римской Республики вплоть до образования Первого Триумвирата.

The stunning new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of An Officer and a Spy, Pompeii, Imperium and The Ghost. Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power. Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy. The stories of these real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions, their brilliance and their crimes - are all interleaved to form this epic novel. Its narrator is Tiro, a slave who serves as…

Conspirata is “a portrait of ancient politics as a blood sport,” raves The New York Times. As he did with Imperium, Robert Harris again turns Roman history into a gripping thriller as Cicero faces a new power struggle in a world filled with treachery, violence, and vengeance. On the eve of Cicero’s inauguration as consul of Rome, a grisly discovery sends fear rippling through a city already racked by unrest. A young slave boy has been felled by a hammer, his throat slit and his organs removed, apparently as a human sacrifice. For Cicero, the ill omens of this hideous murder only increase his dangerous situation: elected leader by the…

Conspirata is “a portrait of ancient politics as a blood sport,” raves The New York Times. As he did with Imperium, Robert Harris again turns Roman history into a gripping thriller as Cicero faces a new power struggle in a world filled with treachery, violence, and vengeance. On the eve of Cicero’s inauguration as consul of Rome, a grisly discovery sends fear rippling through a city already racked by unrest. A young slave boy has been felled by a hammer, his throat slit and his organs removed, apparently as a human sacrifice. For Cicero, the ill omens of this hideous murder only increase his dangerous situation: elected leader by the…

Powieść historyczna napisana w konwencji thrillera. Intrygi i walka o władzę, w której nie istnieją takie słowa, jak: lojalność, uczciwość, litość. Rok 63 p.n.e. Pięciu mężczyzn rywalizuje o władzę w republice rzymskiej: prawnik i doskonały mówca Marek Tuliusz Cyceron, który właśnie objął stanowisko konsula; jego niezrównoważony psychicznie zaprzysięgły wróg, zadłużony po uszy arystokrata i populista, Katylina; młody i pozbawiony wszelkich skrupułów Gajusz Juliusz Cezar; przywódca legionistów Pompejusz, oraz Krassus – najbogatszy człowiek w Rzymie. Cycero broni tradycji republikańskich, występuje przeciw stronnictwu popularów,…