Harris's best so far, rapid and compelling in narrative, copious in detail, thoroughly researched but also, which is more important, thoroughly imagined... Irresistible * Sunday Telegraph *
In Harris's hands, the great game becomes a beautiful one * The Times *
Genres ancient and modern have rarely been so skilfully synthesised... Gripping and accomplished * The Guardian *
A joy to read in every way, and as a mirror to the politics of our present age has no equal * The Independent *
Harris deploys the devices of the thriller writer to trace the perils and triumphs of Cicero's ascent ... A finely accomplished recreation of the power struggles of more than two millenniums ago * The Observer *