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Chargement... Imperium: From the Sunday Times bestselling author (Cicero Trilogy, 4) (original 2006; édition 2009)par Robert Harris (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreImperium par Robert Harris (2006)
  
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 In his new novel, “Imperium,” the British author Robert Harris fictionalizes Cicero’s less-known early career as a young lawyer on the make. He paints an engrossing picture of the caldron of Roman politics and presents a Cicero for our own times, a man who is the lineal ancestor of the modern career politician. The result is an experiment as bold as it is unexpected: a novel that draws so scrupulously on the Roman source material that it forgoes much of what are traditionally regarded as the prime features of the thriller. Although there is detective work, there is no detective; although there are twists and turns, there is rarely any artificial ratcheting up of suspense. Instead, Harris trusts to the rhythm of the republic's politics to generate his trademark readability, a rhythm that the Romans themselves enshrined in their literature as something relentlessly exciting: in short, a thriller. Genres ancient and modern have rarely been so skilfully synthesised. Distinctions
A tale inspired by the writings of Tiro, Cicero's confidential secretary, traces the life of the ancient Roman orator from his beginnings as a young lawyer through his competitions with Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus in the political arena. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Tandis que dans le sud Crassus mate Spartacus et ses esclaves en révolte, et qu'en Espagne Pompée lutte contre les rebelles de Sertorius, à Rome, un jeune sénateur, Marcus Tullius Cicéron, rêve lui aussi d'accéder à l'imperium, le pouvoir politique suprême.
Mais sans fortune ni naissance, ce brillant avocat ne peut compter que sur son éloquence pour réussir.
Or se présente une affaire qui pourrait bien servir ses desseins : un homme lui demande de le défendre contre Gaius Verrès, le redouté gouverneur de Sicile, qui l'aurait odieusement spolié. L'irrésistible ascension de Cicéron a commencé...