Conspirata A Novel of Ancient Rome Author:Robert Harris A few years before the birth of Christ, a biography of the Roman orator and statesman Cicero was produced by his former secretary, Tiro. He was three years younger than his master, born a slave, but long outlived him until his hundreth year. But, like the rest of Tiro's literary output, the book disappeared amid the collapse of the Roman Empire... more ». This novel is the fictional re-creation of Tiro's vanished work.« less