| Titre : | Conspirata. A novel of ancient Rome. | | Type de document : | texte imprimé | | Auteurs : | Robert Harris (1957-....), Auteur | | Editeur : | Gallery Books | | Année de publication : | 2010 | | Importance : | 376 p. | | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-7432-6611-6 | | Langues : | Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) | | Résumé : | "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 people but despised by the heads of the two rival political camps. Caught in a shell game that leaves him forever putting out fires only to have them ignite elsewhere, Cicero plays for the future of the republic... and his life. There is a plot to assassinate him, abetted by a rising young star of the Roman senate named Gaius Julius Caesar - and it will take all the embattled consul's wit, strength, and force of will to stop the plot and keep Rome from becoming a dictatorship." (quatrième de couverture) | | Age : | A partir de 10 ans |
Conspirata. A novel of ancient Rome. [texte imprimé] / Robert Harris (1957-....), Auteur . - [S.l.] : Gallery Books, 2010 . - 376 p. ISBN : 978-0-7432-6611-6 Langues : Anglais ( eng) Langues originales : Anglais ( eng) | Résumé : | "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 people but despised by the heads of the two rival political camps. Caught in a shell game that leaves him forever putting out fires only to have them ignite elsewhere, Cicero plays for the future of the republic... and his life. There is a plot to assassinate him, abetted by a rising young star of the Roman senate named Gaius Julius Caesar - and it will take all the embattled consul's wit, strength, and force of will to stop the plot and keep Rome from becoming a dictatorship." (quatrième de couverture) | | Age : | A partir de 10 ans |
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