A Roman Ransom

Rowe, Rosemary

ISBN 10: 0755327411 / ISBN 13: 9780755327416

Published by Headline Book Publishing, London, 2006

About this Item

Original green cloth on boards, lettered in gold on the spine. Set in Britain about 188 A.D., under the Roman rule of handsome, cruel Commodus. The protagonist is a male, recently enslaved, and separated from his wife by her simultaneous enslavement. 337 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Roman Ransom
• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0755327411
• ISBN 13: 9780755327416
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First ( No Additional printings).
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

Glevum, AD 188. Lying in his sick bed, weak and disoriented, Libertus is strictly forbidden visitors. But when Marcus Septimus forces his way in, desperate to speak to the pavement-maker, Libertus knows that something is seriously wrong. Marcus's beloved wife Julia and their baby son have disappeared without a trace. And now a ransom note has arrived: unless Marcus uses his power to release a certain political prisoner, he will never see his family alive again. Libertus is well aware of Marcus's dilemma—give in to the kidnappers and sacrifice his reputation for being fair and unmoved by bribery, or stand firm and provoke unimaginable consequences. But Libertus has also made a powerful enemy. How can he help his patron—and himself—this time?

Reviews

Eight books into British author Rowe's acclaimed mystery series set in second-century Roman Britain (Enemies of the Empire, etc.), her period detail, plotting and characterization are as strong as ever. A string of suspicious coincidences make Libertus, a former slave turned mosaic maker and sleuth, the prime suspect in the kidnapping of the wife and son of his patron and protector, Marcus Aurelius Septimus. Struggling with illness, Libertus must also defy the accusations of a crafty Greek physician, who has gained Septimus's confidence, to track down the criminals and save two lives. Though not well known in the U.S., Rowe more than holds her own with the two leading authors of ancient Roman historicals, Lindsey Davis (the Marcus Didius Falco series) and John Maddox Roberts (the SPQR series). (Oct.)
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