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4/5 Waterstones Language English Publication date 8 October 2009 Originally published 8 October 2009 Followed by Dictator Genre Historical drama | 4.1/5 Goodreads Country United Kingdom Series Cicero trilogy Media type Print (Hardback) Publisher Hutchinson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pages 464 pp (first edition, hardback) Preceded by Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome Similar Robert Harris books, Historical novel books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lustrum (US: Conspirata; 2009) is a historical novel by British author Robert Harris. It is the sequel to Imperium and the middle volume of a trilogy about the life of Cicero (106–43 BC). For its 2010 release in the United States, and Italy, it was retitled Conspirata.
The book continues in the format of the first novel, with the story told in the first-person from the point of view of Cicero's secretary Tiro. It follows on immediately from Imperium, starting with the beginning of Cicero's consulship and ending with his exile as a result of the enmity of Clodius.
The novel was shortlisted for the 2010 Walter Scott Prize.
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