{"product_id":"9780099406327","title":"Lustrum","description":"\u003cb\u003e**ROBERT HARRIS RETURNS TO ANCIENT ROME IN \u003ci\u003eAGRIPPA -- \u003c\/i\u003eOUT NOW**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A pure thriller . . . wry, clever, thoughtful' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'No one delivers thrilling yet timeless games of power, sex, fame and Rome like Robert Harris' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRome, 63 BC. Seven men are struggling for power: Cicero the consul, Caesar his ruthless rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath and Clodius an ambitious playboy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions - are all interleaved in \u003ci\u003eLustrum\u003c\/i\u003e, through its narrator Tiro, a confidential secretary to Cicero. He knows all his master's secrets - a dangerous position to be in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thoroughly engaging . . . The allure of power and the perils that attend it have seldom been so brilliantly anatomised in a thriller' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harris, Robert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback B102","offer_id":67852900466900,"sku":"9780099406327","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_64d2757d-7733-4e37-98b3-261a975ce8d8.jpg?v=1792433639","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780099406327","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}