CATILINA'S RIDDLE - Couverture souple

Livre 3 sur 12: The Roma Sub Rosa

Saylor, Steven

 
9780312385293: CATILINA'S RIDDLE
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ISBN 10 : 0312385293 ISBN 13 : 9780312385293
Editeur : Griffin, 2008

Synopsis

"Saylor rivals Robert Graves in his knack for making the classical world come alive." --(ortland) Oregonian

"Engrossing...Ironic and satisfying." -- San Francisco Chronicle

The third in Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa novels featuring Gordianus the Finder. Gordianus, disillusioned by the corruption of Rome circa 63 B.C., has fled the city with his family to live on a farm in the Etruscan countryside. But this bucolic life is disrupted by the machinations and murderous plots of two politicians: Roman consul Cicero, Gordianus's longtime patron, and populist senator Catilina, Cicero's political rival and a candidate to replace him in the annual elections for consul. Claiming that Catilina plans an uprising if he loses the race, Cicero asks Gordianus to keep a watchful eye on the radical. Although he distrusts both men, Gordianus is forced into the center of the power struggle when his six-year-old daughter Diana finds a headless corpse in their stable. Shrewdly depicting deadly political maneuverings, this addictive mystery also displays the author's firm grasp of history and human character.

On first publication back in 1994, Catilina's Riddle was a finalist for the Hammet Award.

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À propos de l?auteur

Steven Saylor is the author of the long running Roma Sub Rosa series featuring Gordianus the Finder, as well as the New York Times bestselling novel, Roma and its follow-up, Empire. He has appeared as an on-air expert on Roman history and life on The History Channel. Saylor was born in Texas and graduated with high honors from The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied history and classics. He divides his time between Berkeley, California, and Austin, Texas.

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Éditeur
Griffin
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0312385293
ISBN 13 
9780312385293
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
511
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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9781849016094: Catilina's Riddle

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1849016097 ISBN 13 :  9781849016094
Editeur : C & R Crime, 2011
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