{"product_id":"lustrum-pb-w3","title":"Robert Harris: Lustrum: (Cicero Trilogy 2) [2010] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRome, 63 BC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, \u003cb\u003eseven men\u003c\/b\u003e are struggling for power. \u003cb\u003eCicero\u003c\/b\u003e is consul, \u003cb\u003eCaesar\u003c\/b\u003e his ruthless young rival, \u003cb\u003ePompey\u003c\/b\u003e the republic's greatest general, \u003cb\u003eCrassus\u003c\/b\u003e its richest man, \u003cb\u003eCato\u003c\/b\u003e a political fanatic, \u003cb\u003eCatilina\u003c\/b\u003e a psychopath, \u003cb\u003eClodius\u003c\/b\u003e an ambitious playboy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 to be in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the discovery of a child's mutilated body, through judicial execution and a scandalous trial, to the brutal unleashing of the Roman mob,\u003ci\u003e Lustrum\u003c\/i\u003e is a study in the timeless enticements and horrors of power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harris, Robert","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42770214846649,"sku":"9780099406327","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":46954367025491,"sku":"XG80099406327","price":2.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49233757897043,"sku":"XV80099406327","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/harris-robert-robert-harris-lustrum-cicero-trilogy-2-2010-paperback-58002318524755.jpg?v=1726718539","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/lustrum-pb-w3","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}