Unabridged Audiobook
I enjoyed this book immensely and can't wait to read Robert Harris's trilogy on Cicero. Excellent character descriptions (endearing portrait of Pliny the Elder), page-turning plot and ancient Roman times brought to life so vividly that you felt as though you were time-travelling. In addition to the excitement of the "thriller" element, the author confronts the universal flaws and problems of mankind, as rife in Ancient Roman times as they are today - greed, power, corruption, cowardice - and it's impossible not to draw a parallel with modern society. The narrator was magnificent!!!!!
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