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Robert Harris is a British journalist who writes about the modern and ancient world in historical fiction.
Pompeii
Pompeii, by Robert Harris, is a retelling of the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius from the perspective of an ancient aqueduct engineer. It is a carefully researched modern thriller set in August A.D. 79 in Campania. Robert Harris tells the story of corruption, politics, love, Roman superstition, slavery, and engineering, all set against the power of Mt. Vesuvius.
Book Review
A review of Robert Harris' novel about Cicero in the declining years of the Roman Republic, told fromt he perspective of his slave and scribe Tiro.

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