The Lock

"The Lock," though it is a completely independent novel, continues the portrait of the collapsing Roman society of the late Republic so brilliantly depicted in The Key. The principal figures of the age: poets, scholars, soldiers, politicians, powerful political women, even slaves, Julius Caesar, Cicero, Pompey the Great make their appearance and play out their fateful struggle.A deep rethinking of the character of Marcus Tullius Cicero and a reassessment of his life and work. His warmth and wit, his intelligence, his integrity and his courage make him a hero for our time as well as his own.

• Author
• Benita Kane Jaro

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 280

• Series
• Ancient Rome

• Publisher
• Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780865165359

• Characters
• Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Julius Caesar, Marcus Tullius Cicero

• Genres
• historical

• Release date
• 2002