IMPERIUM
Book ID/图书代码： 06580006B05272
English Summary/英文概要： Of all the great figures of the Roman era, none was more fascinating or attractive than Marcus Cicero. A brilliant lawyer and orator, a famous wit and philosopher, he launched himself at the age of 27 into the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, determined to attain imperium, the supreme power in the state. Beside him at all times in his struggle to reach the top - the office of Consul - was his confidential secretary, Tiro: the inventor of shorthand, and author of numerous books, including a famous life of Cicero, which was lost in the Dark Ages. Now, Robert Harris - author of the number one bestseller "Pompeii" - has recreated Tiro’s vanished masterpiece, to tell in vivid detail the story of Cicero’s rise to power, from radical young lawyer to first citizen of Rome, competing with men such as Pompey, Caesar, Crassus and Cato. This is a world at once exotically different- a world of Senate intrigue and electoral corruption, special prosecutors- in which the ancient rights of free speech and liberty are being threatened as a result of military adventures abroad. Harris’s Cicero is an immensely sympathetic figure - an outsider, ambitious, vulnerable, highly intelligent, compassionate, frequently devious but always human: the world’s first professional politician.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 所有罗马时代的人物传奇事迹中，没有任何人能与Marcus Cicero相提并论，使人着迷了。 Cicero是位杰出的律师和雄辩家，著名的智者和哲学家，在他27岁时，开始猛烈的攻击罗马政治界，把其称为奸诈的世界，决定着国家主权和特权的获得者。在那个时代，除了他之外，还有个努力想进入罗马执政界的人，就是他的秘密助手，Tiro：速记法的发明者，数不胜数的小说书的作者，包括其著名人物传记《 Cicero西塞罗的一生》，此书遗失于西罗马帝国灭亡时期。如今，Robert Harris ——排名第一的畅销书《Pompeii》的作者，重新攥写了Tiro早已失传于世的惊世之作，生动的叙述了西塞罗的一生，并详细的刻画了西塞罗如何从充满抱负的年轻律师转变为罗马市长的故事，和其在参选时与竞争对手 Pompey, Caesar, Crassus、Cato之间的故事。他描绘了一个非凡而又易于让读者了解的世界——充满阴谋诡计的元老院，腐败的竞选制度，拥有特权的执政官——言论自由权受到严重威胁，许多大胆冒险的军人们都被流放到外。Harris笔下的西塞罗，是一位能够引起读者强烈共鸣的英雄人物——一个身处政治界但又与其格格不入、野心勃勃但又易于受到伤害，高智商、富有激情、屡次受挫但又永不言败的男人：Marcus Cicero更是历史上第一位专业的政治家。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Robert Harris was born in Nottingham in 1957 and graduated from Cambridge University. He has been a BBC journalist, Political Editor of the Observer, and a columnist for The Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph. In 2003 he was named Columnist of the Year in the British Press Awards. He is the author of the number one bestsellers Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel and Pompeii as well as five non-fiction books.
Robert Harris于1957年出生于诺丁罕,毕业于英国剑桥大学。现仍为英国国家广播电视台的新闻记者，《Observer》政治版的编辑，《The Sunday Times》和《Daily Telegraph》报章的专栏作家。2003年被提名为年度英国新闻记者。他也是排名第一的五本畅销书《Fatherland》、《Enigma》、《Archangel》、《Pompeii》的作者。
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