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Imperium

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By: Robert Harris
Narrated by: Bill Wallis
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'Harris's novels about the Roman statesman Cicero, are perfect audiobook material.' 50 best audiobooks, Daily Mail

'Masterful' Sunday Times

'Gripping and accomplished' Guardian

'Truly gifted, razor-sharp' Daily Telegraph

Ancient Rome teems with ambitious and ruthless men. None is more brilliant than Marcus Cicero. A rising young lawyer, backed by a shrewd wife, he decides to gamble everything on one of the most dramatic courtroom battles of all time. Win it, and he could win control of Rome itself. Lose it, and he is finished forever.

Imperium is an epic account of the timeless struggle for power and the sudden disintegration of a society.

'In Harris' hands, the great game becomes a beautiful one' The Times

'A further step forward by this brilliant man who excels in everything he writers' Sunday Telegraph

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Critic reviews

Harris's best so far, rapid and compelling in narrative, copious in detail, thoroughly researched but also, which is more important, thoroughly imagined... Irresistible (Allan Massie)
In Harris's hands, the great game becomes a beautiful one
Genres ancient and modern have rarely been so skilfully synthesised... Gripping and accomplished (Tom Holland)
A joy to read in every way, and as a mirror to the politics of our present age has no equal
Harris deploys the devices of the thriller writer to trace the perils and triumphs of Cicero's ascent ... A finely accomplished recreation of the power struggles of more than two millenniums ago
Fascinating … Imperium masterfully dramatises issues not only pertinent to a vanished world but to our own (Peter Kemp)

Harris [is] a truly gifted, razor-sharp writer... Enormously
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Would you consider the audio edition of Imperium to be better than the print version?

I do, because I cannot read with my eyes shut. Bill Wallis is the most amazing reader & once started, I was lost ... it was very difficult to stop listening to it & do stuff.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Imperium?

When Cicero prosecuted Cataline. But then defended another Governor almost as corrupt. The disappointment was terrible.

Have you listened to any of Bill Wallis’s other performances? How does this one compare?

I don't know if I have, but he is the bees knees that's for sure.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Imperium .... Roman Republic rotten to the core. I don't know :D

Any additional comments?

Just that I rarely write reviews, but just had to let ppl know how amazing this book is.

Gripping stuff

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A very enjoyable beginning to the series. It's a period of history I know pretty well and I wasn't once jolted by inaccuracy so that I could relax and enjoy the storytelling.

I suppose that the one jarring point was that given the narrative style, there is a lot of 'telling' rather than watching events unfold through dialogue, which can become a bit tiresome.

Enjoyable and informed

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Well written and very well read What more do you want ? The gripping plot held my interest from start to finish and rekindled my interest in The Glory That Was Rome. I shall move directly onto Dictator.

IMPERIUM

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A great book well written and excellently read. Can not recommend this book highly enough

A great book that will make you want to finish the

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very interesting to get a first hand account of this period, felt very believable. i liked the narrator.

Surprisingly gripping

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