Catilina's Riddle (Paperback)

"Saylor rivals Robert Graves in his knack for making the classical world come alive." --(ortland) "Oregonian" "Engrossing...Ironic and satisfying." -- "San Francisco Chronicle" The third in Saylor's "Roma Sub Rosa" novels featuring Gordianus the Finder. Gordianus, disillusioned by the corruption of Rome circa 63 B.C., has fled the city with his family to live on a farm in the Etruscan countryside. But this bucolic life is disrupted by the machinations and murderous plots of two politicians: Roman consul Cicero, Gordianus's longtime patron, and populist senator Catilina, Cicero's political rival and a candidate to replace him in the annual elections for consul. Claiming that Catilina plans an uprising if he loses the race, Cicero asks Gordianus to keep a watchful eye on the radical. Although he distrusts both men, Gordianus is forced into the center of the power struggle when his six-year-old daughter Diana finds a headless corpse in their stable. Shrewdly depicting deadly political maneuverings, this addictive mystery also displays the author's firm grasp of history and human character. On first publication back in 1994, "Catilina's Riddle" was a finalist for the Hammet Award.

General

Imprint:	Robinson Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Roma Sub Rosa
Release date:	October 2011
First published:	October 2011
Authors:	Steven Saylor
Dimensions:	196 x 130 x 48mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	720
ISBN-13:	978-1-84901-609-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction Promotions
LSN:	1-84901-609-7
Barcode:	9781849016094

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