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Deze serie duikt in de turbulente wateren van het oude Rome en beschrijft de opkomst en politieke machinaties van een van de meest iconische figuren uit de geschiedenis. Door de ogen van zijn loyale secretaris verken je de complexiteit van senatoriale strijd, electorale corruptie en constante bedreigingen voor de vrije meningsuiting. De verhalen portretteren een ambitieuze maar kwetsbare protagonist, wiens reis van radicale advocaat tot eerste burger van de staat vol strategische manoeuvres en publieke manipulatie zit. Deze boeiende saga vangt de tijdloze essentie van politiek, waarbij menselijke feilbaarheid en ambitie worden getoond in een omgeving die zowel vreemd als vertrouwd aanvoelt.

De Cicero-trilogie
Dictator
Lustrum
Cicero-trilogie - 1: Imperium

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  1. Cicero-trilogie - 1: Imperium

    • 367bladzijden
    • 13 uur lezen

    When Tiro, the confidential secretary and slave of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he unwittingly sets off a series of events that lead to a gripping courtroom drama. The stranger, a Sicilian, is a victim of the corrupt Roman governor, Verres. His master is Marcus Cicero, an ambitious young lawyer and captivating orator determined to achieve imperium, or supreme power in the state, at just twenty-seven. Among the great figures of the Roman world, Cicero stands out as particularly fascinating and charismatic. Tiro, the inventor of shorthand and author of a lost biography of Cicero, is always at his side. Written in Tiro's voice, this narrative re-creates his vanished masterpiece, vividly detailing Cicero's quest for glory as he competes with powerful figures like Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus. Robert Harris, a master of innovative historical fiction, immerses readers in a violent and treacherous world of Roman politics, filled with Senate intrigue, electoral corruption, and political adventurism, illustrating how one clever, compassionate, and vulnerable man fought to rise to the top.

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  2. Lustrum

    Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy.

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  3. Dictator

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    • 16 uur lezen

    Aged 48, Marcus Cicero, the greatest orator of his time, is to all appearances a broken man. Out of power, exiled to the eastern Mediterranean with his faithful secretary, Tiro, separated from his wife and children, his possessions confiscated, he spends his days tormented by his failure. But, to quote one of his own famous aphorisms: 'while there's life there's hope'. By promising to support his political enemy, Caesar, he manages to win his return to Italy. Once home, he gradually fights his way back: first in the law courts, then in the senate, and finally by the power of his pen, until at last, for one brief and glorious period, he is once again the dominant figure in Rome. The long-awaited final volume of Robert Harris's Cicero Trilogy, DICTATOR encompasses some of the most epic events in human history: the collapse of the Roman republic, the subsequent civil war, the murder of Pompey and the assassination of Julius Caesar. Its theme, however, is timeless: how is political freedom to be safeguarded against the triple threats of unscrupulous personal ambition, of an electoral system dominated by vested financial interests, and of the corrupting impact of waging ceaseless foreign wars? But above all, it is the very human figure of Cicero, beset by family problems, which makes the story so compelling: brilliant, flawed, frequently fearful and yet ultimately brave - a hero for his time, and for ours.

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