Roman Games

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ISBN: 9781464201158

Bruce Macbain

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Poisoned Pen Press
30 November 2011

Crime & Mystery; Classic crime; Historical mysteries

Series: Plinius Secundus Series

When the body of Sextus Verpa, a notorious senatorial informer and libertine, is found stabbed to death in his bedroom, suspicion falls on his household slaves-a potential death sentence for all.

The cruel emperor, Domitian, orders Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus-known to history as Pliny the Younger-to investigate. However, the Ludi Romani (the Roman Games) have just begun, and for the next fifteen days the law courts are in recess. If Pliny can't identify the murderer in that time, Verpa's entire slave household will be burned alive in the arena.

Pliny teams up with Martial, a starving author of bawdy verses and hanger-on to the city's glitterati, to unravel a plot that involves Jewish and Christian ""atheists,"" exotic Egyptian cultists, Rome's own pantheon of gods, and a missing horoscope that forecasts the emperor's death....

By: Bruce Macbain
Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 352g
ISBN: 9781464201158
ISBN 10: 1464201153
Series: Plinius Secundus Series
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 30 November 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bruce Macbain holds degrees in Classics and Ancient History and has taught Greek and Roman history at Vanderbilt and Boston Universities. His special interests are ancient medicine and religion in the Roman empire. He brings these together in his fiction–Roman Games (2010) and The Bull Slayer (2013). He lives with his wife in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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