Lustrum Conspirata The Second Book In The Cicero Series

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Publisher's Synopsis Rome 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire seven men are struggling for power. Cicero is consul Caesar his ruthless young rival Pompey the republic's greatest general Crassus its richest man Cato a political fanatic Catilina a psychopath Clodius an ambitious playboy. The 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. From the discovery of a child's mutilated body through judicial execution and a scandalous trial to the brutal unleashing of the Roman mob Lustrum is a study in the timeless enticements and horrors of power.