Roman Games - Couverture souple

Macbain, Bruce

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1590587774 ISBN 13 : 9781590587775

Editeur : Poisoned Pen Pr, 2010

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Rome: September, 96 AD. When the body of Sextus Verpa, a notorious senatorial informer and libertine, is found stabbed to death in his bedroom, suspicion falls on his household slaves - a potential death sentence for all. The cruel emperor, Domitian, orders Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus - known to history as Pliny the Younger - to investigate. However, the Ludi Romani (the Roman Games) have just begun, and for the next fifteen days the law courts are in recess. If Pliny can't identify the murderer in that time, Verpa's entire slave household will be burned alive in the arena. Pliny teams up with Martial, a starving author of bawdy verses and hanger - on to the city's glitterati. Pooling their respective talents, they unravel a plot that involves Jewish and Christian ''atheists,'' exotic Egyptian cultists, Rome's own pantheon of gods, and a missing horoscope that forecasts the emperor's death....

Biographie de l'auteur

Bruce Macbain holds a BA in Classics from the University of Chicago and a PhD. in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught Greek and Roman history at Vanderbilt and Boston University. His special interest is religion in the Roman Empire. He enjoys traveling and was one of the first Peace Corps Volunteers to serve in Borneo. He lives with his wife in Brookline, MA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Poisoned Pen Pr
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1590587774
• ISBN 13: 9781590587775
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 261
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne