The Iron Hand Of Mars: a compelling and captivating historical mystery set in Roman Britain from bestselling...

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Lindsey Davis

The Iron Hand Of Mars

a compelling and captivating historical mystery set in Roman Britain from bestselling author...

Lindsey Davis

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Arrow
01 May 2008

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery; Historical fiction

Series: Falco

One of the Roman novels from the bestselling historical fiction Falco series

With the great characterisation, fast-paced plotting and wry humour that we've come to expect from multi-million copy bestselling author Lindsey Davis, this is an addictive mystery that will transport you back to Britain at the time of the Roman invasion. Readers of S. J. Parris, Donna Leon, Steven Saylor and C. J. Sansom will be hooked from page one...

'Her most ambitious to date... Davis has found a winning formula.' -- Daily Telegraph 'Lindsey Davis doesn't merely make history come alive - she turns it into spanking entertainment, and wraps it around an intriguing mystery. She is incapable of writing a dull sentence' -- Peter Lovesey 'Wonderfully entertaining' --
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* DEATH LIES BEYOND THE RIVER RHINE...

AD 71, Germania Libera- dark dripping forests, inhabited by bloodthirsty barbarians and legendary wild beasts, a furious prophetess who terrorises Rome, and the ghostly spirits of slaughtered Roman legionaries.

Enter Marcus Didius Falco, an Imperial agent on a special mission- to find the absconding commander of a legion whose loyalty is suspect.

Easier said than done, thinks Marcus, as he makes his uneasy way down the Rhenus, trying to forget that back in sunny Rome his girlfriend Helena Justina is being hotly pursued by Titus Caesar.

His mood is not improved when he discovers his only allies are a woefully inadequate bunch of recruits, their embittered centurion, a rogue dog, and its innocent young master; just the right kind of support for an agent unwillingly trying to tame the Celtic hordes...

By: Lindsey Davis
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 249g
ISBN: 9780099515081
ISBN 10: 0099515083
Series: Falco
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 May 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lindsey Davis has written nineteen novels, beginning with The Course of Honour, the love story of the Emperor Vespasian and Antonia Caenis. Her bestselling mystery series features laid-back First Century detective Marcus Didius Falco and his partner Helena Justina, plus friends, relations, pets and bitter enemy the Chief Spy. Her books are translated into many languages and serialised on BBC Radio 4. Past Chair of the Crimewriters' Association and a Vice President of the Classical Association, she has won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, the Dagger in the Library, and a Sherlock award for Falco as Best Comic Detective. She was born in Birmingham but now lives in London.

Reviews for The Iron Hand Of Mars: a compelling and captivating historical mystery set in Roman Britain from bestselling author Lindsey Davis

Her most ambitious to date... Davis has found a winning formula. The tempo is presto, the language pert Daily Telegraph Lindsey Davis doesn't merely make history come alive - she turns it into spanking entertainment, and wraps it around an intriguing mystery. She is incapable of writing a dull sentence Peter Lovesey Surely the best historical detective in the business Daily Telegraph