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A review by gsnaith
Dictator by Robert Harris
5.0
The Cicero trilogy is a masterpiece of historical fiction. It sticks close to the current understood historical facts and breathes new life into the long dead actors of that distant stage.
Marcus Tullius Cicero is a hero of mine and often fictionalised amounts of his story seen to misrepresent him. Robert Harris does not. He presents a fully realised world of nuance, subtlety and life that gives you a VIP view of the last days of the Roman Republic over Cicero's shoulder, through the eyes of Tiro.
One of the few books/series that brought a tear to my eye but then Cicero always does that.
Long live the Republic. Long live Cicero.
Marcus Tullius Cicero is a hero of mine and often fictionalised amounts of his story seen to misrepresent him. Robert Harris does not. He presents a fully realised world of nuance, subtlety and life that gives you a VIP view of the last days of the Roman Republic over Cicero's shoulder, through the eyes of Tiro.
One of the few books/series that brought a tear to my eye but then Cicero always does that.
Long live the Republic. Long live Cicero.