Kyle Harrison
to-read
Imperium
Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome
- Author
- Robert Harris
- Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 384
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: The first volume of Harris’s Cicero trilogy — Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator — narrated by Cicero’s slave and secretary Tiro, and effectively a novel about how political power is assembled from nothing but speech.
Where I saw it: A reply to @typesfast’s question on X, June 5, 2025 — “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/typesfast/status/1930617097068912787
Kyle’s line names the trilogy; this is one card for the series, keyed to its first volume.
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Historical Fiction
- Cicero
- Rome