The book is divided into 2 parts with the first part paying attention to his early trials and ending with his election as Aedile of Rome, with the second part detailing his rise to Consul. Rufus, who dislikes Crassus intensely, agrees to hide Tiro in a secret alcove behind a tapestry so he can transcribe an important meeting. Cicerón se nos aparece como un inteligente y ambicioso personaje que, ascendiendo desde las capas más humildes de la sociedad romana, llegará no sólo a ser senador, sino incluso cónsul, el más alto cargo político de la época pre-imperial. De esta forma, las páginas caen una detrás de otra sin esfuerzo, mientras aprendemos sobre la vida de este gran personaje histórico que fue Cicerón, el tartamudo que llegaría a ser uno de los mayores oradores de la Historia y cónsul de la república romana, a la vez que nos adentramos en ese interesante período histórico durante el que Julio César también aparecería casi desde la nada para, con sus intrigas, llegar a hacerse con el poder y acabar con la República. Verres goes into exile and Hortenius makes a written offer of one and a half million which Cicero and his team reject.

A trusted friend and equipped with such a skill, he was Cicero’s constant companion, and thus also a perfect one to tell us about Cicero. This is the first book of a trilogy, illustrating Cicero’s rise in the Roman political scene, as narrated by his scribe Tiro.

His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television.

The focus shifts from the wisdom and teachings of Greek civilization to the power and politics characteristic of the Roman Empire.After all don't we have enough Ciceros in politics all round the world, there doesn't seem to be any particular shortage of ambitious people who will change their allegiances, abandon principles, act at times with surprising naivety, and marry just to get a little closer to holding high political office. Although he prosecutes a corrupt governor early in his career to gain stature as Rome's preeminent advocate, Cicero later defends a corrupt governor to regain the favor of the moneyed classes as his year to run for consul approaches. I had no intention of getting it but you know how it is, you can never find the right amount of books on the promotion table, so I picked it up. Events take a turn for the worse when Publius Clodius Pulcher lays charges against Lucius Sergius Catilina for the crimes he committed in Africa and Cicero thinks about defending Catilina.