Imperium

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Robert Harris's fictionalised biography of Cicero in three parts, as told by his slave and confidential secretary Tiro. At the time of writing, the first two parts, Imperium and Lustrum have been released, covering the period from Cicero's elevation to the Senate until the end of Caesar's first consulship and his departure for Gaul.

Tropes used in Imperium include:

... trying to fix precisely what it was about him which made him so disconcerting, I think it was this: his indiscriminate and detached friendliness, which you knew would never waver or diminish even if he had just decided to have you killed.