A murder on the Appian Way : a mystery of ancient Rome / Steven Saylor

Saylor, Steven (1956-)

ISBN 10: 1854879723 / ISBN 13: 9781854879721

Published by London : Robinson, 1997

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiii, 397 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Clodius, Publius (approximately 93 B.C.-52 B.C.) Assassination. Milo, Titus Annius (-48 B.C.). Private investigators Rome ; Fiction. Rome History (53-44 B.C.) ; Fiction. Genre; Novel. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A murder on the Appian Way : a mystery of ancient Rome / Steven Saylor
• Publisher: London : Robinson
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854879723
• ISBN 13: 9781854879721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

A novel of ancient Rome.

Review

This is the fifth in Steven Saylor's "Roma Sub Rosa" series: murder mysteries set in classical Rome just before the fall of the Empire. Once again, Saylor's sleuth is Gordoianus the Finder, a sort of Sam Spade in a toga, who is hired by the rich and infamous of Roman society to solve their personal and political troubles. This time the powerful politician Publius Clodius is murdered on an open road and as riots break out, the fate of the Republic is in doubt. The plotting is deft and the action -- both physical and intellectual -- is nonstop. Most of the characters here are heterosexual but Saylor (who also writes great erotica under the name Aaron Travis) brings a critical gay sensibility to his tales that forms the cultural and emotional crux of his work.