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Time to Depart (Hardcover)

by Lindsey Davis (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Century; First Edition edition (15 Jun 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0712659315
  • ISBN-13: 978-0712659314
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 628,502 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Rome AD 72, and Petro, captain of the Aventine watch, with his friend Falco, finally nails Rome's top criminal. Sentenced to exile, the evil Balbinus is put aboard ship at the port of Ostia. But soon the corpses start appearing, and it is obvious that Balbinus is back in the criminal underworld.


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'I still can't believe I've put the bastard away for good!' Petro muttered. Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine watch and Falco's oldest friend, has finally nailed on of Rome's top criminals. Under Roman law citizens are not imprisoned but are allowed 'time to depart' into exile outside the Empire. One dark and gloomy dawn Petro and Falcoput the evit Balbinus aboard ship.

But soon after, an outbreak of robbery and murder suggest a new criminal ring has moved into Balbinus' territory. Petro and Falco must descend into the underworld of Vespasian's Rome to investigate...

'Non-stop action, excitements and astonishments - a real cracker.' The Good Book Guide

'Absolutely smashing' Daily Telegraph

'Davis's writing zings with fun' Daily Mail --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Geat!, 17 April 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Time to Depart (Paperback)
Lindsey Davis just keeps getting better! I have read and loved the entire Falco series to date and this one was one of my favourites. The whole series is well researched and believable. I found myself unable to put this one down and finished it in one long, long session!. Buy it and keep it.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An enthralling read, with lots of historical detail, 4 Jan 2000
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This review is from: Time to Depart (Paperback)
This is the first Lindsey Davis book which I read. I picked it up at the airport for a light read on a long-haul flight. It is an enthralling read, as are all her books; a real page turner. With her usual mixture of suspense, comedy (sometimes slapstick) and great historical detail, she really brings ancient Rome to life.

Still my favourite, maybe because it was the first which I read, maybe because it's the only one so far which read to be set in the city of Rome (all others being set in the provinces).

Highly recommended.

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Miss Davis Gets Better, 28 Sep 2006
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This review is from: Time to Depart (Paperback)
This is the seventh novel in the mystery series featuring Marcus Didius Falco, an informer and sleuth in Rome at the time of Vespasian. A series of books that have become hugely popular, so much so that the author is now at the forefront of historical mystery writers. It was probably a stroke of genius on her part to have novels that are extremely well researched and contain all the elements that would be and should be found in the Roman world of circa AD70, but to have a lead character who has the vocabulary of a present day New York cop. In this the seventh novel Falco and Helena Justina almost seem like long lost relations to the reader.

Time to Depart the title of this latest offering from Lindsey Davis is quite a poignant phrase. If a Roman citizen committed a crime they were not confined to prison but in the true sense of the words they were given time to depart from the Roman Empire and very few were ever allowed to return. Exile was considered to be the worst punishment possible for a Roman. Falco is on the quay at Ostia. "It is Time to Depart" for one of Rome's most famous criminals and Falco and his friend, Petronius are there to see that it actually happens.

In this book Lindsey Davis has allowed Falco to remain within the confines of his beloved Rome. Working with his oldest friend Petronius Longinus, Captain of the Aventine Watch. There has been an outbreak of robberies and murder in the city and Falco and Petro pool their resources to try to get to the bottom of them. At the same time Falco is looking for a new place to live for himself and Helena. He believes that in a few months time their old apartment will not be big enough for them
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