SPQR I: the Kings Gambit

Name: SPQR I: the Kings Gambit
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ISBN: 9780312277055

ISBN-10: 0312277059

ISBN-13: 9780312277055

Edition: 2001 (Revised)

Authors: John Maddox Roberts

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Blackmail, corruption, treachery, murder--the glory that was Rome. In this Edgar Award-nominated mystery, John Maddox Roberts takes readers back to a Rome filled with violence and evil. Vicious gangs ruled the streets of Crassus and Pompey, routinely preying on plebeian and patrician alike, so the garroting of a lowly ex-slaved and the disembowelment of a foreign merchant in the dangerous Subura district seemed of little consequence to the Roman hierarchy. But Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger--highborn commander of the local vigiles--was determined to investigate. Despite official apathy, brazen bribes, and sinister threates, Decius uncovers a world of corruption at the highest levels…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 8/24/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English