EROTIC REGENCY gets an A for playful, sexy fun and complex characters, but draws a D for historical accuracy.

DELIGHTFUL HISTORICAL ADVENTURE continues Lauren Willig’s series of spy romps with strong, smart heroines.

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CAMBRIDGE university life is vividly imagined in this complex historical thriller.

EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL: part thriller, part science fiction, part time travel, part historical, totally original.

ROMAN HISTORY AS THRILLER! Robert Harris does it right, dramatizing Cicero’s struggle against Pompey and Caesar. B PLUS

CONSPIRATA: A NOVEL OF ANCIENT ROME by Robert Harris
New York: Simon and Schuster
February 2010