{"product_id":"lustrum","title":"Lustrum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***OUT NOW, \u003ci\u003ePRECIPICE\u003c\/i\u003e, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A pure thriller . . . wry, clever, thoughtful, with a terrific sense of timing and eye for character'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''No one delivers thrilling yet timeless games of power, sex, fame and Rome like Robert Harris'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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\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'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314532327806,"sku":"NW9780099406327","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780099406327.jpg?v=1778236180","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/lustrum","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}