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The Pope is dead.Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and twenty Cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election.They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals.Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.

IN THE HUNT FOR A SPY, HE EXPOSED A CONSPIRACY. A gripping historical thriller from Robert Harris, Sunday Times bestselling author of Fatherland and The Ghost.Paris, 1895: an army officer, Georges Picquart, watches a convicted spy, Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of a baying crowd.Dreyfus is exiled for life to Devil's Island; Picquart is promoted to run the intelligence unit that tracked him down.But when Picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the Germans, he is drawn into a dangerous labyrinth of deceit and corruption that threatens not just his honour but his life...

Tra i grandi personaggi dell'antica Roma, nessuno e stato piu geniale, astuto e controverso di Marco Tullio Cicerone. Eppure ben pochi avrebbero scommesso sul suo futuro quando, all'eta di ventisette anni, scelse di lanciarsi nell'infido e violento mondo della politica, deciso a raggiungere con ogni mezzo l'imperium, il sommo potere statale. Cicerone era un avvocato promettente, oltre che un affascinante oratore. Non discendeva da una delle grandi famiglie aristocratiche, non poteva presentare il conto dei favori politici elargiti dai suoi antenati, non disponeva delle enormi ricchezze di Crasso. A raccontare la sua straordinaria vicenda e il fedele Tirone, il segretario particolare sempre al suo fianco nei momenti piu radiosi e in quelli piu difficili, testimone dei suoi incontri privati e latore dei suoi messaggi segreti. Robert Harris ci consegna un ritratto di Cicerone ben diverso dal personaggio solenne che noi conosciamo. "Imperium" e un romanzo, il primo di una trilogia che svela i retroscena di una realta fatta di intrighi e di corruzione, singolarmente affine a quella attuale.

Robert Harris regresa con un thriller de infarto, lleno de ritmo e intriga, propio de un conocedor de los entresijos políticos. La redacción de la autobiografía del ex primer ministro británico se ha convertido en un juego muy peligroso. Una trepidante intriga política inspirada en personajes reales.El «negro» encargado de escribir la autobiografía del ex primer ministro brit&aa

"Tan bon punt vaig saber com havia mort en McAra hauria d'haver girat cua i marxar. Ara me n'adono..." El protagonista de la nova i fulgurant novel•la de Robert Harris és un escriptor professional cínic i mercenari especialitzat a fer de negre. Acostumat a treballar des de l'anonimat amb estrelles del rock en decadència, quan se li presenta l'oportunitat de redactar les memòries de l'exprimer ministre britànic, amb viatge i estada pagats en una luxosa mansió, no ho dubta ni un moment. Però no triga gaire a adonar-se que ha comès un terrible error. El seu predecessor en el porjecte ha mort en circumstàncies francament sospitoses i, pel que es desprèn de les darreres notícies, el passat de l'exprimer ministre no és tan net com sembla. Fins i tot la biografia d'un polític amb un càrrec tan exposat pot amagar secrets. Els nervis i la tensió es comencen a escampar per tots els racons del gran laberint de l'alta política internacional i posen en perill la vida de l'escriptor. "Robert Harris ha escrit una novel•la amb un acàrrega de suspens tan elevada que és impossible deixar-la" Roman Polanski "Un autor que es mou en el suspens com un Alfred Hitchcock literari" Nelson Mandela, Guardian

From the bestselling author of "Fatherland" and "Imperium" comes "The Ghost," an extraordinarily auspicious thriller of power, politics, corruption, and murder. Dashing, captivating Adam Lang was Britain's longest serving -- and most controversial -- prime minister of the last half century, whose career ended in tatters after he sided with America in an unpopular war on terror. Now, after stepping down in disgrace, Lang is hiding out in wintry Martha's Vineyard to finish his much sought-after, potentially explosive memoir, for which he accepted one of history's largest cash advances. But the project runs aground when his ghostwriter suddenly and mysteriously disappears and later washes up, dead, on the island's deserted shore. Enter our hero -- Lang's new ghostwriter -- cynical, mercenary, and quick with a line of deadpan humor. Accustomed to working with fading rock stars and minor celebrities, he jumps at the chance to be the new ghost of Adam Lang's memoirs, especially as it means a big payday. At once he flies to Lang's remote location in America to finish the book in the seclusion of a luxurious estate, but it doesn't take him long to realize he has made a fatal error in judgment. The state of affairs is grim enough when the ghost begins to unearth the bone-chilling circumstances of his predecessor's death. And before long, he discovers that the ex-prime minister is not just a charismatic politician who made a few mistakes. He's a dark, tortured man with haunting secrets in his past -- secrets with the power to alter world politics. Secrets with the power to kill. Robert Harris is known the world over as a master of his trade. "The Ghost" is yet another signature, brilliant tour de force that will compel, captivate, and excite readers to the very last shocking page.

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, Clodius an ambitious playboy. The stories of these real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions, their brilliance and their crimes - are all interleaved to form this epic novel. Its narrator is Tiro, a slave who serves as confidential secretary to the wily, humane, complex Cicero. He knows all his master's secrets - a dangerous position to be in. From the discovery of a child's mutilated body, through judicial execution and a scandalous trial, to the brutal unleashing of the Roman mob, Lustrum is a study in the timeless enticements and horrors of power.

The year is 63 BC. In an age of political titans, Cicero stands supreme: the senior consul of the Roman republic. But jealous rivals are determined to destroy him and seize control of the state. To t

The concluding part of the Cicero Trilogy that began with Imperium, from the No. 1 bestselling author of Fatherland, An officer and a Spy, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii and The Ghost.Aged 48, Marcus Cicero, the greatest orator of his time, is to all appearances a broken man. Out of power, exiled to the eastern Mediterranean with his faithful secretary, Tiro, separated from his wife and children, his possessions confiscated, he spends his days tormented by his failure.But, to quote one of his own famous aphorisms: 'while there's life there's hope'. By promising to support his political enemy, Caesar, he manages to win his return to Italy. Once home, he gradually fights his way back: first in the law courts, then in the senate, and finally by the power of his pen, until at last, for one brief and glorious period, he is once again the dominant figure in Rome.The long-awaited final volume of Robert Harris's Cicero Trilogy, Dictator encompasses some of the most epic events in human history: the collapse of the Roman republic, the subsequent civil war, the murder of Pompey and the assassination of Julius Caesar. Its theme, however, is timeless: how is political freedom to be safeguarded against the triple threats of unscrupulous personal ambition, of an electoral system dominated by vested financial interests, and of the corrupting impact of waging ceaseless foreign wars?But above all, it is the very human figure of Cicero, beset by family problems, which makes the story so compelling: brilliant, flawed, frequently fearful and yet ultimately brave -- a hero for his time, and for ours.

El esperado volumen final de Robert Harris Cicero Trilogy, "Dictador" abarca algunos de los acontecimientos más épicos de la historia de la humanidad: el colapso de la república rom

Roma, siglo I a.C.Ambición, traiciones e intrigas políticas marcan la apasionante lucha por el poder entre Cicerón, el cónsul, y su príncipe opositor, un joven líder populista llamado Julio César.Segunda entrega de la gran Trilogia de Ciceron de Robert Harris.Año 63 a.C. Ciceron ha sido nombrado consul de Roma, el cargo mas alto de la Republica, tras una ascension turbulenta hasta la cima del poder que le ha granjeado los peores enemigos. Asi, su politica se ve condicionada por las intrigas y conspiraciones a su alrededor, que convierten la capital del Imperio en un verdadero laberinto de poder.En semejante escenario, Ciceron debe enfrentarse a Julio Cesar, un joven lider que busca el favor del vulgo, y a Catilina, un personaje sibilino, conspirador y maquiavelico. Son años de disputas, complots y ambiciones desmedidas que marcaran el rumbo de Roma e inscribiran el nombre de sus protagonistas en la Historia.Una novela brillante que ilumina una epoca de conjuras e intrigas politicas que supondran el declive de la Republica romana.Conspiracion recrea de forma magistral la vida de Ciceron, uno de los personajes mas fascinantes de la antigua Roma, y consagra a Robert Harris como una de las figuras mas destacadas de la ficcion historica.Reseñas:Pocas veces se ha evocado la Republica de Roma, con toda su grandeza y corrupcion, de una manera tan viva como en la novela de Robert Harris.The TimesUna novela emocionante y provocadora.The SpectatorLa version de Robert Harris de la deslumbrante figura de Ciceron es de una riqueza y un entretenimiento admirables.The GuardianUn homenaje no solo a unos acontecimientos extraordinarios, sino tambien a las habilidades narrativas de un maestro artesano.The ObserverDos de las grandes virtudes de Robert Harris son la minuciosidad y el absoluto dominio de los periodos historicos mas complejos.The Independent

El aclamado autor de Pompeya y maestro de la innovaci#n en la ficci#n hist#rica cautiva con su "Trilog#a de Cicer#n", que arranca con Imperium y que est# ambientada en la Roma antigua, una #poca de traiciones e intrigas pol#ticas, tan alejada de la nuestra y, sin embargo, tan cercana. Un hombre de principios, apasionado e idealista, en un mundo dominado por la corrupci#n, los intereses econ#micos y la falta de escr#pulos de los pol#ticos. La tit#nica lucha de Cicer#n, el mayor orador de la historia, por conseguir el poder en Roma. Roma, siglo I a.C. Cuando una fr#a ma#ana de noviembre, Tiro, el secretario y confidente de Cicer#n, abre la puerta a un aterrorizado habitante de Sicilia, v#ctima del corrupto gobernador de la isla, no sabe que acaba de desencadenar una de las disputas judiciales m#s apasionantes de la historia. Una confrontaci#n que fue mucho m#s all# de la justicia y que tuvo consecuencias hist#ricas para la Rep#blica, porque desencaden# un torbellino de conspiraciones en el que, por su af#n por conseguir el imperium, el poder supremo del Estado, se vio inmerso Cicer#n. Rese#a:"En manos de Harris el juego m#s complejo se reviste de belleza."The Times

"Laws are silent in times of war." (Cicero). There was a time when Cicero held Caesar's life in the palm of his hand. But now Caesar is the dominant figure and Cicero's life is in ruins. Exiled, separated from his wife and children, his possessions confiscated, his life constantly in danger, Cicero is tormented by the knowledge that he has sacrificed power for the sake of his principles. His comeback requires wit, skill and courage - and for a brief and glorious period, the legendary orator is once more the supreme senator in Rome. But politics is never static and no statesman, however cunning, can safeguard against the ambition and corruption of others. Riveting and tumultuous, Dictator encompasses some of the most epic events in human history yet is also an intimate portrait of a brilliant, flawed, frequently fearful yet ultimately brave man - a hero for his time and for ours. This is an unforgettable tour de force from a master storyteller.

The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and twenty Cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.

Any 79 dC, al peu del Vesuvi. Enmig de la xafogor del mes d'agost, mentre els ciutadans privilegiats de Roma reposen a les cases d'estiueig de Pompeia, una sèrie d'esdeveniments insòlits n'alteren la calma: els pous i les fonts es comencen a assecar, un home desapareix misteriosament, i l'Aqua Augusta, l'aqüeducte que abasteix d'aigua gran part de l'Imperi roma, deixa de rajar. A mig camí del thriller i la novel·la històrica, Robert Harris recrea els dies previs a l'explosió del Vesuvi. A través dels ulls de quatre personatges, Pompeia ressegueix, amb un ritme narratiu trepidant, les darreres hores d'un món de luxes i glamour que es troba a les portes d'una destrucció fatal. Una magnífica novel·la d'intriga, amor i brutalitat que, amb una estranya actualitat, ens manté amb l'ai al cor fins a la darrera pagina. "Pompeia és la millor novel·la que ha escrit Harris fins ara: és explosiva com l'Etna i enganxa com un thriller." Daily Telegraph.

A sweltering week in late August. Where better to enjoy the last days of summer than on the beautiful Bay of Naples? But even as Rome's richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum, there are ominous warnings that something is going wrong. Wells and springs are failing, a man has disappeared, and now the greatest aqueduct in the world - the mighty Aqua Augusta - has suddenly ceased to flow-Through the eyes of four characters - a young engineer, an adolescent girl, a corrupt millionaire and an elderly scientist - Robert Harris brilliantly recreates a luxurious world on the brink of destruction.