{"product_id":"conspirata-a-novel-of-ancient-rome-9780743266116","title":"Conspirata: A Novel of Ancient Rome","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConspirata\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a portrait of ancient politics as a blood sport,\" raves \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. As he did with \u003ci\u003eImperium\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Harris again turns Roman history into a gripping thriller as Cicero faces a new power struggle in a world filled with treachery, violence, and vengeance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the eve of Cicero's inauguration as consul of Rome, a grisly discovery sends fear rippling through a city already racked by unrest. A young slave boy has been felled by a hammer, his throat slit and his organs removed, apparently as a human sacrifice. For Cicero, the ill omens of this hideous murder only increase his dangerous situation: elected leader by the people but despised by the heads of the two rival political camps. Caught in a shell game that leaves him forever putting out fires only to have them ignite elsewhere, Cicero plays for the future of the republic...and his life. There is a plot to assassinate him, abetted by a rising young star of the Roman senate named Gaius Julius Caesar--and it will take all the embattled consul's wit, strength, and force of will to stop the plot and keep Rome from becoming a dictatorship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarris, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Robert Harris is the author of \u003ci\u003ePompeii, Enigma\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFatherland\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a television correspondent with the BBC and a newspaper columnist for the \u003ci\u003eLondon Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels have sold more than ten million copies and been translated into thirty languages. He lives in Berkshire, England, with his wife and four children.","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719102664978,"sku":"9780743266116","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_51b8803f-d6fa-4338-93ad-b1c7a690e9e5.jpg?v=1734659156","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/conspirata-a-novel-of-ancient-rome-9780743266116","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}