Imperium: From the Sunday Times bestselling author (Cicero Trilogy, 4)

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De esta forma, las páginas caen una detrás de otra sin esfuerzo, mientras aprendemos sobre la vida de este gran personaje histórico que fue Cicerón, el tartamudo que llegaría a ser uno de los mayores oradores de la Historia y cónsul de la república romana, a la vez que nos adentramos en ese interesante período histórico durante el que Julio César también aparecería casi desde la nada para, con sus intrigas, llegar a hacerse con el poder y acabar con la República. I’m not sure whether I would read any more of this trilogy, perhaps after I get my NetGalley percentage up! The tale comprises the recollections of a first person narrator: Tiro was a slave and acted as secretary to Cicero. Y, al final, la ambición y el esfuerzo del protagonista, enfrentado a sus enemigos, en un camino plagado de conspiraciones por el poder, resulta ser casi tan interesante como si se nos presentara una gran batalla al frente de las legiones romanas.

Harris was of the opinion that we need "more politicians like Cicero rather than Caesar" - a view you will certainly agree with if you are Gaulish, and that he thought that "Winston Churchill was as close as we've got in a long time" to having a Cicero type in British politics - having read the first part of the trilogy I find that an unusually bleak evaluation of Churchill for somebody in British public life to make, and when asked if Britain is in want of another Cicero type politician Harris' answer was "definitely". Con mucha ficción, pero también con bastante parte histórica, por lo que me lo he pasado en grande, además de haber aprendido datos interesantes sobre el personaje y sobre este fascinante periodo. Harris's portrayal of Cicero's last years is not just a recounting of events; it's a deep, introspective look at the ideals of democracy and the nature of power. De hecho, la contundencia de las argumentaciones contrastan mucho con el estilo en que está escrito el resto de la novela.My son, who has studied and enjoys Roman history described how he would not have enjoyed the book and the liberties Robert Harris has taken wit(the facts. This novel isn’t going to change your mind about fiction set in ancient Rome or anything, but for fans of this era/subgenre, you might like this if you want a look at the life of one of history’s greatest rhetoricians and orators. Harris's ability to create suspense is unparalleled, even though the outcome is a matter of historical record. At one point, he had to present his entire legal defense to her to convince her she would get her money's worth.

Cicerón se nos aparece como un inteligente y ambicioso personaje que, ascendiendo desde las capas más humildes de la sociedad romana, llegará no sólo a ser senador, sino incluso cónsul, el más alto cargo político de la época pre-imperial. They met when he was twenty-four years old and Cicero twenty-seven on the family estate in the hills of Arpinum. I also found the characters and the narrative compelling enough that I will likely continue on with the series to see what happens next.

Rather oddly, Harris mixes up contemporary with historical so, for example, he talks about Cicero's 'drawing room', his 'valet', and describes men with 'pomaded hair' in the Forum! In effect, the author has mixed known historical events with fragments of real speeches and extracts from letters to weave a compelling account of this time. A theatrical adaptation of the trilogy by Mike Poulton was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon in 2017, and transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in London in 2018. For example, Crassus, bringing his army back to Rome, crucified 6000 prisoners, slaves, along more than 300 miles of the Appian way, spacing he crosses about 17 to the mile, as a warning to any future Spartacus who might wish to revolt against the imperium.