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The Venus Throw

By Steven Saylor

The Venus Throw Historical Fiction

The Venus Throw

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"Finely etched historical background . . . The finest flower yet of Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa Series."-Kirkus Reviews On a chill January evening in 56 B.C. , two strange visitors to Rome--an Egyptian ambassador and a eunuch priest--seek out Gordianus the Finder whose specialty is solving murders. But the ambassador, a philosopher named Dio, has come to ask for something Gordianus cannot give--help in staying alive. Before the night is out, he will be murdered. Now Gordianus begins his most dangerous case. Hired to investigate Dio's death by a beautiful woman with a scandalous reputation, he will follow a trail of political intrigue into the highest circles of power and the city's most hidden arenas of debauchery. There Gordianus will learn nothing is as it seems--not the damning evidence he uncovers, not the suspect he sends to trial, not even the real truth behind Dio's death which lies in secrets--not of state, but of the heart.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
370
Release Date:
2008-12-23
Publication Date:
2008-12-23
Publisher:
St. Martins Press-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0312539673
ISBN13:
9780312539672
Weight:
521 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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