- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Robinson Publishing (25 Feb 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1854875841
- ISBN-13: 978-1854875846
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 727,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Steven Saylor's series of thrillers about Gordianus the Finder play cleverly with what we think we know about the last days of the Roman Republic. Gordianus does the legwork for prosecutors and defenders in a system of trials which have become increasingly politicised; even his former patron Cicero has become less interested in justice than in winning and Gordianus is, almost notoriously, the last honest man in Rome. Most of his cases deal with murder trials in which Cicero appeared--part of the fun of reading Saylor is his attentive reading of the great advocate's brilliantly partisan rhetoric. And for those less interested in such intellectual games, the books are attractively atmospheric, showing a Rome still small enough for everyone to know each other's business. Here Gordianus finds himself investigating the murder of a former mentor, Dio, a philosopher and leader of an embassy from Egypt; the triumvirs, Pompey, Caesar and Crassus, are contemplating annexing Egypt and its exiled king is only too prepared to act as their catspaw. And Gordianus finds himself the ally of Clodius and Clodia, the two most notoriously dissolute siblings ...There is nothing so deceptive as what we think we know and Gordianus is as often tricked here as is the reader. --Roz Kaveney
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"Engrossing... Simmering with eroticism... An absorbing brew of Rome's decay." Publishers Weekly "Brilliantly effective... Remarkably vivid... Finely etched historical background... The finest flower yet of Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series." Kirkus Reviews"
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Seeing through disguises in Rome,
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This review is from: The Venus Throw (Paperback)
Gordianus meets a figure from his past; an Alexandrian philosopher accompanied by a eunuch and disguised as a woman. From this bizarre starting point Saylor leads us though murder, conspiracy, disillusionment and deceit. By letting Gordianus keep his head with Clodia Saylor lets us keep ours as well; we are neither as bitter as the witty debauched poet Catullus nor as cynical as the brilliant Cicero, whose demolition of Clodia makes a fitting climax before the final twist. After being carried in Clodia's litter, after spending a night with a drunk Catullus in the Salacious Tavern, after pitying a weeping Trygonion at Clodia's party we can return to the bosom of Gordianus' unconventional family, where all is finally resolved in this most colourful of the Gordianus stories.
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Another absorbing and brilliantly written whodunnit from Saylor's pen. This is a bit more straightforward than the preceding Catalina's Riddle, but still has plenty of twists, colourful characters, spellbinding oratory and dialogue and some horrific moments. Splendid stuff.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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One of the best in the series,
This review is from: The Venus Throw (Roma Sub Rosa) (Paperback)
The review above is very harsh. For me this is one of the best, particularly for brilliant evocation of late-Republican life and society.
As to Cicero, yes of course the main parts of the speech are lifted from the original - but so what! The speech is compelling and Saylor makes it available outside the world of classical scholarship to thousands of people.
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