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    <body><![CDATA[Well, I just finished listening to &quot;Imperium&quot; by Robert Harris. Once more, Harris delves into the inner workings of the Roman Empire only this time, he retreats back to the Republican era and creates a fictional biography of Marcus Tullius Cicero as seen through the eyes of his slave secre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21590945">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Imperium by Robert Harris.<br/><br/>Before I start I must say that I enjoy Robert Harris books. I picked up Fatherland in one of those &quot;buy three books get the fourth free&quot; promotions. I had no intention of getting it but you know how it is, you can never find the right amount of books o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18451945">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book. Harris has written a novel that combines a good political potboiler with solid historical fiction, based on real events in the life of the famous Roman senator and consul Cicero.<br/><br/>Narrated by Cicero's slave and scribe, Tiro, who invented an early elaborate version of sho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8890940">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fun, engaging and quick read for a Latin teacher on the beach, with broader appeal too. There's good reason he's a bestseller. <em>Imperium</em> tells two episodes from the life of famous Roman lawyer &amp; orator Cicero from the eyes of his personal scribe, Tiro. First, the lawsuit that gave him fame...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4328099">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A vivid story of political jockeying in ancient Rome.  Funny at points and as historically accurate as a fiction novel could be.<br/><br/>I was expecting a literary version of the HBO series 'Rome', focusing on Caesar, Marc Anthony, Brutus, and the other famous major players of Roman politics, but...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3298335">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Imperium</em> is told from the viewpoint of Cicero's slave Tiro, his secretary and the inventor of shorthand. Cicero rightly comes across as the would-be savior of the Roman Republic, passionate, brilliant, and committed, a New Man (i.e., not a patrician, but one who has made himself through hard work an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42281101">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Seperti masuk dalam belantara sejarah yang rumit tapi asyik. Saya tak berhenti membaca novel ini hingga selesai. Saya jadi sangat mengagumi Cicero, dengan kata-kata ia bisa menjadi seorang Consul...<br/>Membaca novel ini, mengikuti tuturan Tiro, saya tenggelam dalam hiruk pikuk politik Roma jaman d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38852884">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book very dull,so dull in fact I had to &quot;speed read &quot; the last 50 pages .The problem for me was that Cicero was clearly a very clever and devious politician and therefore was going to be successful in all his endeavors-so where are the surprises?None.I did not feel that any em...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3511187">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd like to give Imperium a 4.5 rating (I am stingy with my 5s.) My knowledge of Ancient History is so poor, so I REALLY enjoyed this book! The author uses Cicero's scribe as the first person narrator, and he made these people come alive for me. He also is quite witty; finding this sense of humor in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39133989">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favourite thing about this book was that so much of our modern politics and law was recognisable here in the Ancient Roman context, and yet this was placed alongside the strang customs and superstitions of the day (like searches through entrails for portents at the start of important policitical ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49846678">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this novel.  I remember Cicero from my school days (well, not personally - I'm not quite that old) but in my studies of the Roman Republic.<br/><br/>This novel succeeds in bringing Cicero to life in a way (which to me) seems consistent with the history we know.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A novel all about Cicero, and few could ask for a worthier subject, or a better time to cover in history and in the character's life. His marriage to Terentia is fait accompli, he's beginning his epic Forum career as an advocate, and to top it all off, the Triumvirate is slowly weaving together. My ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52085765">more...</a>]]></body>
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