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 Roman Blood - Steven Saylor
 Roman Blood - Steven Saylor ... Saylor's historical mysteries set in ancient Rome and featuring investigator Gordianus the Finder enjoy a widespread following in America. Over the next two years, Robinson will publish the whole series - five novels to date - in the UK. We begin on 25 September with three titles: Roman Blood and Arms of Nemesis in paperback and the most recent title, A Murder on the Appian Way, in hardback. Vivid historical fact, a completely believable world and keen plotting are the hallmarks of Saylor's novels. In Roman Blood Gordianus the Finder - the large, eccentric, philosophical investigator whose famed skills and integrity have made him much sought after in Rome - is hired by the young Cicero to acquit or convict a man accused of murdering his own father, an ugly, delicate case that soon produces dangerous fireworks.Newest Review: ... roman standards- the accused is bound hand and foot, pelted with excrement then placed in a sack with a cockrel, a snake and ... more ... a dog before being cast from a cliff- and so the case becomes very much a matter of life and death which Gordianus begins to take very seriuosly indeed when his own slave and household become threatened by his possible involvment.
Although Gordianus is a fictional creation, and a very believable one at that though you wouldn't think it of someone essentially described by critics as a roman private detective, the situations that occurr around him are almost always based on true historical events. The case detailed in...more |
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Roman Blood - Steven Saylor: Rome as you have never seen it before... (532 words)
by - written on 25/07/07 (Very useful, 85 readings)
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The second of Saylor's books I have read but the first in the "sub rosa" series featuring Gordianus The Finder, a kind of historical Rome Sherlock Holmes, this intriguing first novel proves itself to be a very, very entertaining read. As with the recent Robert Harris novel, Imperium- which, if you have read my review you will know I was less than impressed about- this book takes a good, long look at the Advocate Marcus Tullus Cicero as Gordianus assists both him and his personal slave, Tiro, in a very complicated case featuring a young roman noble accussed of patricide; namely the murder of his own father. The sentence for patricide is ... Read the complete review
A Roman Private Detective? (731 words)
by - written on 25/08/06 (Very useful, 467 readings)
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Introduction ~~~~~~~~ Roman Blood is the first book is Steven Saylor's acclaimed Sub Rosa series, which has been very popular in the US. (There are 11 books in the series although only five have to date been released in the UK) The books follow the exploits of Gordianus the Finder - a sort of Roman equivalent to a private detective. While this idea may sound silly to some (a roman private detective? what Sherlock Holmes or Sam Spade in a toga!!??) the concept does in fact work well within the political intrigues and double dealing of ancient Rome and its senate. Gordianus' skill and approach is not the conventional detective mantra of deductive reasoning but ... Read the complete review
Roman Blood - Steven Saylor: Introducing Gordianus the Finder (181 words)
by - written on 29/11/00 (Very useful, 86 readings)
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"Roman Blood" is the first novel in Steven Saylor's enormously popular Roma sub Rosa (Rome under the Rose) series, based around the various investigations of Gordianus the Finder, a sort of private investigator operating during the last days of the Roman Republic. Far less chatty than the other well-known Roman 'tec novels by Lindsay Davis and featuring Marcus Didius Falco, Saylor's novels feel historically accurate, with a great deal of research going into every aspect of Roman life, from clothes and customs even down to the words the various (real) characters use. In "Roman Blood" Gordianus first meets Cicero as the ... Read the complete review
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