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Chargement... Lustrum (original 2009; édition 2009)par Robert Harris (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreConspirata par Robert Harris (2009)   
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Harris provides through Lustrum great insight into this exciting period of Roman history not only by echoing historical sources but by numerous psychologic zooms: a glimpse or a blink of an eye here, a whisper or a rumor there, and over all the ancient truth of evil omen.  "Harris, whose previous novels include “Pompeii” and the World War II thriller “Enigma,” doesn’t take the path of many other writers of historical fiction and provide copious, painstaking descriptions of meals, wardrobes, palaces and the like to summon a long-ago, far-away past."  Over the two millennia since his death Cicero has been many things to many readers – authoritarian, pedant, vacillator, self-doubting philosophical sceptic. Each generation makes its own Rome and its own Romans, and Harris's version of this endlessly fascinating figure is richly and generously enjoyable. I look forward to the conclusion of the trilogy. For all its political insights, though, it is as a pure thriller that Lustrum stands or falls. In that respect, it succeeds splendidly. It may not be the best novel written about ancient Rome – I still prefer Gore Vidal and Allan Massie – but it is a damn good one: wry, clever, thoughtful, with a terrific sense of timing and eye for character. And even though I knew how the story ended, I found myself turning the pages faster and faster, a tribute not only to the intrinsic fascination of these extraordinary events, but also to the narrative skills of a master craftsman. Lustrum is a serious piece of storytelling, enormously enjoyable to read, with an insider’s political tone. Appartient à la sérieCicero (2) Prix et récompenses
On the eve of Marcus Cicero's inauguration as consul of Rome, the grisly death of a boy sends ripples of fear thourgh a city already wracked by civil unrest, crime, and debauchery of every kind. For Cicero, the ill forebodings of this hideous murder only increase his frustrations and the dangers he already faces as Rome's leader: elected by the people but despised by the heads of the two rival camps, the patricians and populists. There is, also a plot to assassinate him, and it will take all his embattled wit, strength, and force of will to stop it and keep Rome from becoming a dictatorship. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Tandis que la cité romaine est sur le point de conquérir le plus vaste empire jamais connu, sept hommes se livrent une guerre sans merci pour le pouvoir.
Cicéron, consul élu et parvenu, César, son redoutable et jeune rival, Pompée, le plus grand général de la République, Crassus, sa plus grande fortune, Caton, dangereux fanatique politique, Catilina, dont les mains sont déjà tachées de sang et Claudius, ambitieux et séducteur.
Les tribulations de ces figures historiques - leurs alliances et leurs trahisons, leur cruauté et leurs manœuvres, leur intelligence et leurs crimes - sont le matériau fantastique et bien réel de ce thriller trépidant.
Grâce à Tiron, esclave et secrétaire particulier de Cicéron, l'Histoire se lit de l'intérieur, à travers les secrets de son maître,
personnage complexe, politicien rusé, capable de déjouer les complots les plus machiavéliques de ses ennemis.De meurtres déguisés en sacrifices, en condamnation à mort et procès scandaleux, jusqu'au déchaînement brutal de la foule romaine, Conspirata brosse le tableau à la fois historique et sans âge des horreurs du pouvoir.