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Imperium [German] : roman / Robert Harris.

by Harris, Robert, 1957-

Tiro, M. Tullius (Marcus Tullius), ca. 104-4 B.C. -- Fiction.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- Fiction.

Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C. -- Fiction.

Harris, Robert, 1957- Roman trilogy ; bk. 1.

Imperium. German German

475 p. ; 19 cm.

"When Tiro, the confidential secretary (and slave) of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events that will eventually propel his master into one of the most suspenseful courtroom dramas in history. The stranger is a Sicilian, a victim of the island's corrupt Roman governor, Verres. The senator is Marcus Cicero -- an ambitious young lawyer and spellbinding orator, who at the age of twenty-seven is determined to attain imperium -- supreme power in the state. Of all the great figures of the Roman world, none was more fascinating or charismatic than Cicero. And Tiro -- the inventor of shorthand and author of numerous books, including a celebrated biography of his master (which was lost in the Dark Ages) -- was always by his side. Compellingly written in Tiro's voice, Imperium is the re-creation of his vanished masterpiece, recounting in vivid detail the story of Cicero's quest for glory, competing with some of the most powerful and intimidating figures of his -- or any other -- age: Pompey, Caesar, Crassus, and the many other powerful Romans who changed history."--Publisher.

Historical fiction.

German language materials.

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