ISBN: 9780312385293 - Catilina's Riddle: 3 (novels of Ancient Rome) (33 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. "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.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. "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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Condition: VERY GOOD. First thus- a trade paperback. Originally published in 1993, this is an early novel in his 'Roma sub rosa' series of mysteries set in Ancient Rome, featuring Gordianus the Finder. SIGNED on the title page. Maps. Author's note. 511 pp. Very good+ in illustrated wrappers.

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Broschur / Softcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 511 p. Tadelloses Exemplar / impeccable copy. - Gordianus the Finder, disillusioned by the corruption and intrigue of Rome, has retired with his family to his farm in the Etruscan countryside. But his would-be country idyll is disrupted by the machinations and murderous plots of two politicians: Roman consul Cicero and populist senator Catilina, Ciceros political rival and a candidate to replace him as consul. Claiming that Catilina plans an uprising if he loses the election, Cicero asks Gordianus to keep a watchful eye on the radical. Although he distrusts both men and wants nothing to do with their rivalry, a headless corpse that ominously appears on his farm proves to Gordianus that he can no longer sit on the sidelines. With his family in danger, the time has come for Gordianus to untangle a complex web of deceit, lies, intrigue, and murder before Rome itself is torn apart. Steven Saylor (born March 23, 1956) is an American author of historical novels. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied history and classics. Saylor's best-known work is his Roma Sub Rosa historical mystery series, set in ancient Rome. The novels' hero is a detective named Gordianus the Finder, active during the time of Sulla, Cicero, Julius Caesar, and Cleopatra. Outside this crime novel series, Saylor has also written three epic-length historical novels about the city of Rome, Roma, Empire, and Dominus. His work has been published in 21 languages. ISBN 9780312385293 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 428.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 528 3 Maps.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 528, 3 Maps.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 528.

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