ARMS OF NEMESIS: A NOVEL OF ANCIENT ROME. (SIGNED)

SAYLOR, Steven.

ISBN 10: 0312081359 / ISBN 13: 9780312081355

Published by St. Martin's Press, New York,, 1992

About this Item

First U.s. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. ISBN: 0312081359 Pages: 305 Fine in fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # C77999

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ARMS OF NEMESIS: A NOVEL OF ANCIENT ROME. (SIGNED)
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York,
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312081359
• ISBN 13: 9780312081355
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signedes
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

When two slaves kill an overseer on the estate of the richest man in Rome in 72 B.C., the master of the house demands the public execution of every slave in the household and in so doing begins a political coup. By the author of Roman Blood. 35,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo.

Reviews

Set in 72 B.C., during the slave revolt led by Spartacus, Saylor's ( Roman Blood ) second historical mystery follows Roman PI Gordianus the Finder to the resort of Baiae on the Bay of Naples. The cousin and factotum of Marcus Licinius Crassus, the wealthiest man in Rome, has been bludgeoned to death, apparently by two slaves who have run away. An ancient Roman law decrees that when a master is killed by a slave, the remainder of the household's slaves must be slaughtered. Gordianus and his adopted son Eco have three days to find the real murderer and save the villa's other 99 slaves. A convoluted plot reveals fraud, embezzlement and arms smuggling (spears and swords traded for silver and jewels); sensuously written subplots hinge on arcanic poisons and clandestine love affairs among a cast that includes a Crassus's second-rate philosopher-in-residence and a retired actor who doubles as a female impersonator. Richly detailed bacchanalian feasts and mesmerizing visits to the Sybil at Cumae lead to the spellbinding conclusion, reached during fierce gladiatorial combat. 35,000 first printing; BOMC alternate; paperback rights to Fawcett; author tour.
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