Time To Depart

Marco Didius Falco: Book VII

AvLindsey Davis

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Engelska, 2011

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'Non-stop action, excitements and astonishments - a real cracker!' The Good Book Guide'Absolutely smashing' Daily Telegraph'Davis's writing zings with fun' Daily Mail__________________________EVIL SENT INTO EXILE - BUT CRIME NEVER GOES AWAY. Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine watch and Falco's oldest friend, has finally nailed one of Rome's top criminals. Under Roman law citizens are not imprisoned but are allowed 'time to depart' into exile outside the Empire. One dark and gloomy dawn Petro and Falco put the evil Balbinus aboard ship.But soon after, an outbreak of robbery and murder suggest a new criminal ring has moved into Balbinus' territory.Petro and Falco must descend into the underworld of Vespasian's Rome to investigate.__________________________Readers Love Lindsey Davis: 'Exceptionally well crafted - keeps you guessing right until the end''Lindsey Davis never fails!' 'I started reading it the moment it arrived, and finished it by the same evening. Just Brilliant!' 'There are not adjectives fulsome enough to describe how good these books are'

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-02-15
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781446455180
Förlag:Cornerstone
Serie:Falco

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Historical novelist Lindsey Davis is best known for her novels set in Ancient Rome, including the much-loved Marcus Didius Falco series, although she has also written about the English Civil War, including in 2014 A Cruel Fate, a book for the Quick Reads literacy initiative. Her examination of the paranoid reign of the roman emperor Domitian began with Master and God, a standalone novel, leading to her new series about Flavia Albia, set in that dark period.Her books are translated and have been dramatized on BBC Radio 4. Her many awards include the Premio Colosseo (from the city of Rome) and the Crime Writers' Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement. Most recently she was awarded the City of Ubeda Historical Novel Prize, also for lifetime achievement.

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"Non-stop action, excitements and astonishments - a real cracker" The Good Book Guide "Absolutely smashing" Daily Telegraph "Davis's writing zings with fun" Daily Mail "Combines the best of soap opera, violent thrills, pathos, bathos, exquisite scene settingand humour - in other words, a big, fat, gutsy, entertainingbook." Mail on Sunday "Queen of the Historical Whodunnit ... Davis' books make old Rome sounds fun ... it is all so enjoyable" The Times