"Triumphant, compelling and deeply moving...the finest fictional treatment of Ancient Rome in the English language. They are distinguished by the mastery of the sources, sympathetic imagination, political intelligence and narrative skill...It's a wonderful, dramatic, story, wonderfully told" -- Scotsman * Allan Massie *
"Robert Harris's Cicero trilogy ends in grand style...the culmination of 12 years work and a remarkable literary achievement" * Observer *
"The book works...more than that; at times it sings... Thrillers are supposed to thrill, but few really do raise your heart rate and short-circuit your critical faculties...Exhilarating...This trilogy deserves the highest compliment that can be paid to a work of historical fiction" * The Times *
"Robert Harris completes his wonderful trilogy based on the life of Cicero. I haven't enjoyed Roman history more since Robert Graves's I, Claudius" -- Anthony Horowitz * Guardian, Book of the Year *
"Harris's fascination with politics galvanises his impressive knowledgeableness into compulsive fiction" -- Peter Kemp * The Sunday Times, Books of the Year *
"Harris is brilliant at the political then-as-now, giving Caesar with a hint of Blair - and also of Thatcher" -- Peter Stothard * Spectator *
"Staying close to the sources, Harris picks his way masterfully through Cicero's personal and political dilemmas...superb...does full justice to one of Rome's most interesting complex and humane statesmen, whose pragmatic political treatises proved so influential during the renaissance and enlightenment" * Evening Standard *
"Harris skilfully navigates these fraught years in Cicero's life ... Dictator triumphs" * The New Stateman *
"A superior historical thriller" -- Fiona Wilson * The Times, Books of the Year *
"Harris' version of Cicero is a tremendous creation" * Independent *
"[Dictator's] gripping dramas and powerful themes - the fragility of democracy and the fallibility of human beings among them - richly illuminate the conflicts of its era and our own" * Publishers Weekly *
"Superb...confirms Harris's undisputed place as our leading master of both the historical and contemporary thriller" * Daily Mail *
"Harris is a masterful storyteller. I'm currently experiencing that terrible phase of cold turkey after finishing something superb" -- Alastair Moffat * Herald *
"Contemporary echoes abound in this endlessly fascinating exploration of power struggles" -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year *
"Triumphant" * Sunday Times *
"A masterful story of political intrigue...a fascinating and absorbing novel" * Financial Times *
"Robert Harris is an incomparable storyteller... It's a brutal tale of murder and mayhem and a tour de force of research and imagination..." * The Express *
"Harris's fascination with politics galvanises his impressive knowledgeableness into compulsive fiction" -- Peter Kemp * The Sunday Times *
"I'm a big fan of Robert Harris so I'd like to read his latest, Dictator... Robert is very good at politics and evoking a period" -- Melvyn Bragg * Good Housekeeping, Books of the Year *
"Sinuous, clever and compelling...A fitting end to a magnificent trilogy" * Metro *
