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In his "most accomplished work up to now" (L A Times), master of historical fiction John Harris lures visitors in time for you to the persuasive existence of Roman Senator Marcus Cicero. The re-creation of a biography compiled by his home servant and right-hand-man, Tiro, Imperium uses Cicerois remarkable find it difficult to achieve substantial power in Rome. Tiro opens the doorway to locate an afraid, bedraggled stranger begging for aid, on a chilly November day. When a Sicilian aristocrat, the person was robbed from the damaged Roman governor, Verres, who's currently attempting to convict him under false pretenses and sentence him to a violent death.