{"product_id":"9780099406327-lustrum","title":"Lustrum","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power - 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; and, Clodius, an ambitious playboy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**PRE-ORDER \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGRIPPA\u003c\/i\u003e NOW: THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, COMING AUGUST 2026**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A pure thriller . wry, clever, thoughtful' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'No one delivers thrilling yet timeless games of power, sex, fame and Rome like Robert Harris' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRome, 63 BC. Seven men are struggling for power: Cicero the consul, Caesar his ruthless rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath and Clodius an ambitious playboy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions - are all interleaved in \u003ci\u003eLustrum\u003c\/i\u003e, through its narrator Tiro, a confidential secretary to Cicero. He knows all his master's secrets - a dangerous position to be in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thoroughly engaging . The allure of power and the perils that attend it have seldom been so brilliantly anatomised in a thriller' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40948688846945,"sku":"9780099406327","price":8.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41437427_f6772e6c-355b-49da-b757-217047dee3fd.jpg?v=1779935031","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099406327-lustrum","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}