{"product_id":"cicero-2-lustrum-paperback","title":"Cicero 2: Lustrum (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":"Robert Harris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40309048639666,"sku":"99406322","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/products\/962_60d48507678d34.49653254_9780099406327.jpg?v=1640837479","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/cicero-2-lustrum-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}