The Gods Help Those (Notebooks of Pliny the Younger, 7) - Softcover

Bell, Albert A., Jr.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564746089 ISBN 13: 9781564746085

Publisher: Perseverance Pr, 2018

Synopsis

Pliny the Younger hoped to improve relations with his unpleasant wife and her mother by investing in a warehouse on the Tiber with them. Now the building has collapsed due to heavy rains. Pliny discovers several dead people inside, including a man with a narrow red “equestrian” stripe on his tunic, indicating aristocracy. He wasn’t killed by the cave-in, however, but by a knife wound in his back. When Pliny gives the body a forensic examination, he finds two more puzzling things: a circumcision (unusual in Rome), and thirty pieces of silver in his sewn-closed mouth. To further complicate matters, Pliny’s servant and lover, Aurora, finds a live baby in the wreckage. What connection does the funeral of a consul have with these events? Queen Berenice of Judaea, the mistress of the late emperor Titus, soon enters the story with her sons—one of whom is an assassin, a member of the Sicarii. He’s determined to avenge the defeat of his people and the destruction of their temple—no matter who might get in the way....

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..".makes ancient Rome live and breathe."--PW

..".a masterpiece of the genre."--Library Journal

..".superbly paced and highly entertaining..."--Over My Dead Body

About the Author

Albert A. Bell, Jr. is a college history professor and novelist living in Michigan. In addition to his Roman mysteries, Bell has written contemporary mysteries, middle-grade novels, and nonfiction. He maintains a website devoted to Pliny the Younger, as well as his author website.

Edition details

• Publisher: Perseverance Pr
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1564746089
• ISBN 13: 9781564746085
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236