Description
Product ID: | 9780755328819 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Queen of the Night (Ancient Rome Mysteries, Book 3) |
Subtitle: | Murder and suspense in Ancient Rome |
Authors: | Author: Paul Doherty |
Page Count: | 464 |
Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery, Historical fiction, Historical fiction |
Description: | Select Guide Rating In the summer of 314, dark figures who lurk in the twilight of Roman society are on the prowl, and Rome is shocked by a series of gruesome murders in the third novel featuring imperial secret agent Claudia Rome: August 314 AD, and as the sun''s insidious heat beats down, murderous forces lurk in the underbelly of the city. The normally cosseted world of Rome''s rich and powerful is rocked by a series of violent abductions, as children of the elite are kidnapped and held for ransom. Meanwhile, veteran soldiers, men who served Constantine along the Great Wall in northern Britain are being barbarously murdered; the indignities inflicted on their corpses reminiscent of the gruesome practices of the Picts whom they fought so many years ago. |
Imprint Name: | Headline Book Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Headline Publishing Group |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2006-12-04 |