Advantages: Entertaining, intriguing story, warm & funny in places. Disadvantages: Some Harris fans may feel that Imperium is not as fast paced as Fatherland or Archangel.
If you are new to Harris or an exisitng fan I don't believe that you will be disappointed by Imperium.
I rated this book 4 out of 5 which maybe mean but I did enjoy Fatherland & Archangel more.
This is the story of Marcus Tullius Cicero as narrated by his secretary and loyal servant Tiro.
Tiro charts Cicero's rise up Rome's political ladder from 79BC to 64BC, recounting his trials & tribulations in a riveting and in places touching manner. Without relying on fast paced action, Harris had me craving every day for my dose of Roman political intrigue.
As Cicero comes neither from an aristoric family or has achieved military glory on the battlefield, it seems that the odds of his rising to the highest positions of power are stacked against him.
Cicero's greatest hope lies in his incredible intellect and his very unroman ...
Advantages: easy to get the hang of it Disadvantages: switching cds through the gameplay
Imperium galactica is a good strategic game that sets its eyes on the future, allthough i had some problems with it when installing it, sometimes it would only run for several minuts and then close itself, i also found problems with the soundcard but managed to over come that. one big disadvantage of this game is that there is a need to switch cd's in order to play the game, which can get preety annoiying, the game also offers some cheats which can be found on the internet, this i think personnally ruind the game as it destroyed the fun of it . appart from that unless you can resist yourself from cheating the game has alot of pottential.the game covers evreything neccesary for a good strategic game. it also explores 1oods of different planets beyond our solar system and evn our glaxy. alliances can be formed with different creatures ...
Advantages: Great plot, strong narrative, memorable episodes Disadvantages: Too many names can confuse by the end, knowledge of ancient Rome helpful
Imperium is the fifth novel by Robert Harris. I have read the first three, Fatherland, Enigma and Archangel, which might be said to belong to the genre of alternative history. I have not read Pompeii which is based on the events around the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, but when I saw Imperium at the airport I was tempted to buy it. A three hour flight and nearly 200 pages later, I think it is safe to say that I was hooked.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The book is written in the form of a first person narrative, that person being the nearly 100-year old slave, Tiro, who as a slave of the famous orator Marcus Tullius Cicero, invented a system of shorthand that enabled him to take down great amounts of speech verbatim, which could be read back faultlessly. In his twilight years, Tiro sets down what Cicero was like, having been privy to ...
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