Author: Harris, Robert Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 1 October 2009 by Cornerstone (Arrow Books Ltd) in the United Kingdom as part of the Cicero Trilogy series.Paperback | 496 pages197 x 129 x 31 | 342g ***OUT NOW, PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS***Masterful Sunday TimesGripping and accomplished GuardianTruly gifted, razor-sharp Daily TelegraphAncient 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 TimesA further step forward by this brilliant man who excels in everything he writers Sunday Telegraph
