Description
Product ID: | 9781849016100 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Roma Sub Rosa |
Title: | The Venus Throw |
Authors: | Author: Steven Saylor |
Page Count: | 528 |
Subjects: | Historical fiction, Historical fiction |
Description: | Select Guide Rating On a cold January evening in 50BC, two strangers enter Rome - one an Egyptian ambassador and the other a eunuch priest. Both are seeking Gordianus the Finder, who has a reputation for solving murders. But the ambassador, a philosopher named Dio, asks for something Gordianus cannot give - help in staying alive. On a cold January evening in 50BC, two strangers enter Rome - one an Egyptian ambassador and the other a eunuch priest. Both are seeking Gordianus the Finder, who has a reputation for solving murders. But the ambassador, a philosopher named Dio, asks for something Gordianus cannot give - help in staying alive. And before the night is out, Dio is brutally assassinated. |
Imprint Name: | Constable |
Publisher Name: | Little, Brown Book Group |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2011-10-20 |