"Dictator" by Robert Harris - Alfred A. Knopf, New York - 2015 first American edition first printing - 18cmx15cm - condition: very good in original dustwrapper. Signed by author Harris Dictator is a historical novel by British author Robert Harris, published in 2015, which concludes his trilogy about the life of the Roman lawyer, politician and orator, Cicero (106–43 BC). Dictator follows the first novel Imperium (2006) and the second novel Lustrum (2009). It is both a biography of Cicero and a tapestry of Rome in the time of Pompey, Crassus, Cato, Caesar, Clodius and ultimately Octavian.[2] In Harris's summary: "Thus Imperium describes the rise to power, Lustrum the years in power and Dictator the repercussions of power."[2] All three novels were adapted for the stage in 2017 by Mike Poulton.