A longish chapter of our current read, Imperium, A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris deals with the trial of Gaius Verres, the only trial in which Cicero acted as prosecutor. Harris tells a compelling story here about the rapacious governor of Sicily and Cicero's determination to prosecute him against all odds.
In Verrem gives background at Wikipedia (as usual, handle with care). Translation of Cicero's text of the trial is on Perseus, which, as so often, does not come up; but luckily, it has been copied into Wikisource: Against Verres, translation C. D. Yonge, 1903 (includes the pre-trial so-called Divination).
One must always take into account that Cicero polished his speeches after the fact.
Cicero and the art of dispositio: the structure of the Verrines (PDF)
by Kathryn L. Tempest
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Google Books has Gaius Verres; an Historical Study by Frank Hewitt Coles, 1917. JSTOR (limited access) has a review:
R. W. Husband
Reviewed work(s): Gaius Verres: An Historical Study by Frank Hewitt Cowles
The Classical Journal, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Jan., 1918), pp. 298-301
Publisher: The Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Inc.
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3287828
