Friday, April 12, 2019

Book Excerpt for the Day


    “Do you know who I would watch out for if I were you?”

    “Catilina?”

    “Yes, him, too.  But the one who should really worry you is Antonius Hybrida.”

    “But the man is a half-wit!”

    “Cicero, you disappoint me.  Since when has idiocy been a bar to advancement in politics?”


    (from Imperium by Robert Harris)


     7*/10.  The full review is here.

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