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With Titus Caesar in pursuit of Falco's patrician girlfriend, Falco is dispatched by Vespasian on an undercover mission to Roman Gaul, where there has been trouble with the natives. He must exercise his diplomatic skills on the uncivil Civilis. He must also persuade a mysterious prophetess.
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This, the fourth of Davis's thrillers about Falco, a private enquiry agent and informer in the Rome of Vespasian, takes him off to the wilds of Germany. Though most of the Falco books play with, and translate into Roman terms, the stock material of the hard-boiled crime novel--police corruption, serial killers, financial scams and women adventuresses no better than they should be--this one, like the first, The Silver Pigs, stretches the formula in a different direction; much of the time here, in true John Buchan fashion, Falco is running and hiding in hostile landscapes rather than down mean streets. It is only a few decades since the Romans had the worst of defeats in the Teutoburger forest, and barbarians on the border are keen to repeat the lesson. And in a tower on a river bend, there lives the most hostile of all Germans, the prophetess known as Velada, and Justinus, brother of Falco's upper-class lover Helena, has fallen in love with her. Packed with desperate adventures and comic incidents, this is not one of the most tightly plotted of Davis's books, but it is in many other respects one of the most enjoyable.--Roz Kaveney
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"Her most ambitious to date... Davis has found a winning formula. The tempo is presto, the language pert" (Daily Telegraph)
"Lindsey Davis doesn't merely make history come alive - she turns it into spanking entertainment, and wraps it around an intriguing mystery. She is incapable of writing a dull sentence" (Peter Lovesey)
"Surely the best historical detective in the business" (Daily Telegraph)
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First British Edition. Book #4 in the mystery series set in ancient Rome starring detective Marcus Didius Falco, "imperial Rome's answer to Columbo." This is the FIRST BRITISH EDITION, First Printing from 1992, which preceded the American edition by 1 year (please see our other listing for s First American, signed by the author). A duplicate from our personal collection, so never opened, both the hardcover book & DJ are in Fine condition: look, feel, & smell just about Brand New, marred only by fairly significant page tanning, commensurate with age, but unmarked. Completely clean, binding tight & straight. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day. Seller Inventory # 016326
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Condition: Muy bueno. : En el año 1992, Lindsey Davis nos presenta 'La Mano de Hierro de Marte', una novela de misterio ambientada en la antigua Roma. Marcus Didius Falco, el detective creado por Davis, se enfrenta a una nueva misión encubierta en la que deberá investigar la desaparición de un general romano y la creciente rebelión de las tropas germánicas. En su búsqueda de la verdad, Falco se adentrará en un mundo de intrigas, torturas y asesinatos, donde deberá encontrar a una sacerdotisa druida capaz de persuadir a los bárbaros para que acepten la paz. Una trama llena de humor, historia y aventura que te transportará al corazón del Imperio Romano. EAN: 9780091753337 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Otros Título: The Iron Hand of Mars Autor: Lindsey Davis Editorial: Hutchinson Idioma: en Páginas: 305 Formato: tapa dura. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-10-16-44ab1c4b
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