Parricide

PARRICIDE is a gripping Courtroom drama and crime thriller set in Ancient Rome. Sextus Roscius the Elder is brutally murdered on the streets of the great city and his son is then accused of the crime, the serious offence of Parricide in Roman Law. If convicted, he faces a horrible, and terrifying punishment. The Roman Orator, Cicero is asked to defend Sextus at his forthcoming trial and he embarks on a journey through Rome and Italy trying to discover the complicated truth behind the murder. He soon finds that the trial has an important political dimension, involving a favourite of the Roman Dictator Sulla. The reader is taken through the whole trial, from the opening speeches of the lawyers, the dramatic cross-examination of the witnesses, through to the verdicts and the surprising aftermath. The novel is based on the published speech of the famous orator and lawyer, Marcus Tullius Cicero which he made over two thousand years ago, in his first ever murder trial.

Author: John Malcolm Burton
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 08/30/2013
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781490572093

About the Author
John Burton is an English Barrister practising mainly in criminal law. He has always had an interest in Ancient History and has read widely on the subject and visited many of the Ancient sites around the world. He decided to write a series of books on the trials of Cicero because of an interest in his speeches and the wealth of detail contained in them. He also wanted to write from the position and understanding of a practicing criminal Barrister.

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