Scorpions in Corinth - Softcover

Alvey, JM

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9781409180654: Scorpions in Corinth
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ISBN 10: 1409180654 ISBN 13: 9781409180654
Publisher: Orion, 2020

Synopsis

The Persian War is over and wealthy Athenians are looking to expand alliances overseas.

Popular playwright Philocles and his actors are hired to take his latest play to Corinth, to promote goodwill between the two cities. But on arrival, their guide and fixer Eumelos drops dead - a victim of poison.

Philocles is convinced someone is out to sabotage the play, and to find out who - and why - he must first uncover the murderer.

But in Corinth the ruling oligarchs seem more interested in commerce than justice. And with the city's religious brotherhoods pursuing their own vicious rivalries, asking the wrong questions could get an outsider like Philocles killed . . .

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About the Author

J M Alvey studied Classics at Oxford in the 1980s. As an undergraduate, notable achievements in startling tutors included citing the comedic principles of Benny Hill in a paper on Aristophanes, and using military war-gaming rules to analyse and explain apparent contradictions in historic accounts of the Battle of Thermopylae. Crime fiction was always relaxation reading and that love of mysteries and thrillers continued through a subsequent, varied career, alongside an abiding fascination with history and the ancient world.

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Publisher
Orion
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1409180654
ISBN 13 
9781409180654
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
432
Rating
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    87 ratings by Goodreads