Conspirata: A Novel of Ancient Rome

Rome, 63 avant J.-C. Dans une ville sur le point d'acquérir un vaste empire, sept hommes se disputent le pouvoir. Cicéron est consul, César son jeune rival impitoyable, Pompée le plus grand général de la république, Crassus son homme le plus riche, Caton un fanatique politique, Catilina un psychopathe, Clodius un playboy ambitieux.

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 (US: Conspirata) is a study in the timeless enticements and horrors of power.