Catilina's Riddle

Saylor, Steven

ISBN 10: 080411269X / ISBN 13: 9780804112697

Published by Ivy Books,U.S., 1994

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1st edition Ivy 1994 vg condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Catilina's Riddle
• Publisher: Ivy Books,U.S.
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080411269X
• ISBN 13: 9780804112697
• Binding: 1st Ballantine Books Ed
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: vg
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

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Synopsis

"A sweeping and marvelously evocative story . . ." Booklist.
A mystery of ancient Rome by the author of "Arms Of Nemesis."
When Gordianus the Finder deserts the fierce intrigues of Rome for domesticity on an Etruscan farm, his brilliant patron, the orator Cicero, draws him back with a curious proposal: keep Catilina, Cicero's radical rival, under a watchful eye.
Reluctantly, Gordianus complies -- and soon, despite himself, becomes intrigued by the notorious populist politician. Could Catilina really be conspiring against the Republic? Or are Cicero's accusation no more than vicious lies? Questioning his loyalty to his own patron, Gordianus comes to question even more when he discovers a headless corpse in his stables and is suddenly swept into a mystery more dangerous than any he has ever known.

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ping and marvelously evocative story . . ." Booklist.
A mystery of ancient Rome by the author of "Arms Of Nemesis."
When Gordianus the Finder deserts the fierce intrigues of Rome for domesticity on an Etruscan farm, his brilliant patron, the orator Cicero, draws him back with a curious proposal: keep Catilina, Cicero's radical rival, under a watchful eye.
Reluctantly, Gordianus complies -- and soon, despite himself, becomes intrigued by the notorious populist politician. Could Catilina really be conspiring against the Republic? Or are Cicero's accusation no more than vicious lies? Questioning his loyalty to his own patron, Gordianus comes to question even more when he discovers a headless corpse in his stables and is suddenly swept into a mystery more dangerous than any he has ever known.