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Description edit
It’s the first century A.D. and Marcus Didius Falco, Ancient Rome’s favorite son and sometime palace spy, has just been dealt a lousy blow from the gods: The beautiful, high-born Helena Justina has left him in the dust. So when the Emperor Vespasian calls upon him to investigate an act of... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Marcus Didius Falco: Roman citizen and the detective of the story - the main character, rather hard boiled in a Raymond Chandler kind of way.
- Helena Justina: The divorced and patrician daughter of a senator - Falco's lover and the girl he hopes to make his wife.
- Pertinax Marcellus: Add a description of this character.
- Petronius Longus
- Milo
- Arria Silvia
- Curtius Gordianus
- Tullia
- Caprenius Marcellus
- Bryon
- Aemilius Rufus
- Larius
- Aufidius Crispus
- Aemilia Fausta
- Laesus
- Nero
- Maia
- Anacrites
- Barnabas
- Geminus
- Lucius
- Curtius Longinus
- Oplontis
- Julia Justa
- Villa Marcella
- Camillus Verus
- Titus Caesar
- Lanus
- Venus
- Momus
- Bassus
- Gnaeus
- Roscius
- Ferox
- Cape Colonna
First Sentence edit
BY THE END OF THE ALLEY THE FINE HAIRS IN MY NOSTRILS were starting to twitch.
Table of Contents edit
Dramatis Personae
Maps
PART ONE: An Average Day
PART TWO: A Tourist in Croton
PART THREE: A Quiet Family Holiday
PART FOUR: Harping in Herculaneum
PART FIVE: The Man Who Did Not Exist
PART SIX: The House on the Quirinal
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 22 in Marcus Didius Falco. (standard series)
Preceded by The Silver Pigs, and followed by Venus in Copper.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lindsey Davis (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Crown Publishers, Inc.
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: April 9, 1991
ISBN: 978-0517576120
Page Count: 341
Publisher: Crown Publishers, Inc.
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: April 9, 1991
ISBN: 978-0517576120
Page Count: 341
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
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