Murder on the Appian Way A Novel of Ancient Rome

Name: Murder on the Appian Way A Novel of Ancient Rome
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ISBN: 9780312539689

ISBN-10: 0312539681

ISBN-13: 9780312539689

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Authors: Steven Saylor

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Torchlight flickers on the elegant marble walls. The sound of a mob echoes in the street. The year is 52 B.C. and the naked body of Publius Clodius is about to be carried through the teaming streets of Rome. Clodius, a rich man turned rabble-rouser, was slain on the most splendid road in the world, the Appian Way. Now Clodius's rival, Milo, is being targeted for revenge and the city teeters on the verge of chaos. An explosive trial will feature the best oration of Cicero and Marc Antony, while Gordianus the Finder has been charged by Pompey the Great himself to look further into the murder. With the Senate House already in ashes, and his own life very much in danger, Gordianus must return…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 4/14/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Steven Saylor (born March 23, 1956) is an American author of historical novels. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied history and Classics. Although he also has written novels about Texas history, Saylor's best-known work is his Roma Sub Rosa series, set in ancient Rome. The novels' hero is a detective named Gordianus the Finder, active during the time of Sulla, Cicero, Julius Caesar, and Cleopatra. He divides his time residing in California and texas.