Summary
Robert Harris returns to Ancient Rome in his latest thriller.
After Julius Caesar’s death, Octavius and his friend Agrippa rise to rule Rome, but years later, a broken Agrippa wonders if power ever allowed their friendship to survive.
Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar’s 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir. The other is Octavius’s closest friend, Agrippa. To claim Octavius’s inheritance, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529154429 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529154421 |
| Author: | Robert Harris |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Hutchinson Heinemann |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 17 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 466g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 154mm x 233mm |
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Critics Review
A persuasive portrait of rivalry in ancient Rome. This fictional memoir by Octavius’s right-hand man shows us bloodshed, betrayal and hectic jockeying for power. – Sam Leith * Guardian *
A fascinating study of how power corrupts. * The Times, 40 Books Not to Miss This Autumn *
Robert Harris
Robert Harris is the author of sixteen bestselling novels:
- The Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator
- Fatherland
- Enigma
- Archangel
- Pompeii
- The Ghost
- The Fear Index
- An Officer and a Spy (winner of four prizes, including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction)
- Conclave
- Munich
- The Second Sleep
- V2
- Act of Oblivion
- Precipice
His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.
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