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is 85% done
I've almost finished this first book in Robert Harris' Cicero trilogy and I'm not sure how it passed me by when it wax first published as it's a fascinating portrayal of power politics in a much blood thirstier era but with intriguing contemporary parallels. Corruption, extortion, intimidation, flattery, cronyism, deception, self interest all still exist in the political sphere.
— May 20, 2018 10:39AM
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Ben
is 10% done
I've almost finished this first book in Robert Harris' Cicero trilogy and I'm not sure how it passed me by when it wax first published as it's a fascinating portrayal of power politics in a much blood thirstier era but with intriguing contemporary parallels. Corruption, extortion, intimidation, flattery, cronyism, deception, self interest all still exist in the political sphere.
— May 20, 2018 10:38AM
Ben
is 10% done
I'm really enjoying this so far but it's a fascinating period of history anyway and Harris has hit on a great idea of having Cicero's secretary narrate the novel. One of the best non fiction books I've read on the fall of the Roman republic is Tom Holland's 'Rubicon' and I'm also having fun rewatching 'Rome' on Netflix which covers the same events.
— May 06, 2018 07:45AM
