{"product_id":"lustrum-by-robert-harris-9780099406327","title":"Lustrum","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA pure thriller . . . wry, clever, thoughtful, with a terrific sense of timing and eye for character\u003c\/em\u003e - Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo one delivers thrilling yet timeless games of power, sex, fame and Rome like Robert Harris\u003c\/em\u003e - Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions - are all interleaved in \u003cem\u003eLustrum\u003c\/em\u003e, through its narrator Tiro, a confidential secretary to Cicero. He knows all his master's secrets - a dangerous position to be in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThoroughly engaging . . . The allure of power and the perils that attend it have seldom been so brilliantly anatomised in a thriller\u003c\/em\u003e - Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are currently two different covers and possibly a mix of stock until December 2022. They will be assigned at random.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491976827116,"sku":"9780099406327","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10152103482223.jpg?v=1748414048","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/lustrum-by-robert-harris-9780099406327","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}