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Description for The Bull Slayer
Paperback. Roman governor Pliny the Younger faces betrayal and death in a remote frontier province. Series: Roman Games. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
CORRUPTION, BETRAYAL, MURDER: games the Romans play best. A turbulent frontier province, rotten with corruption and seething with hatred of Rome – a barbarian god whose devotees may include a murderer – a clever and unscrupulous faith healer who knows everyone's secrets – a boy who struggles toward manhood though stricken with the Sacred Disease: these are the elements in a mystery that Pliny, newly appointed governor of Bithynia, confronts when a high Roman official is found murdered on a desolate hillside, miles from the capital.
CORRUPTION, BETRAYAL, MURDER: games the Romans play best. A turbulent frontier province, rotten with corruption and seething with hatred of Rome – a barbarian god whose devotees may include a murderer – a clever and unscrupulous faith healer who knows everyone's secrets – a boy who struggles toward manhood though stricken with the Sacred Disease: these are the elements in a mystery that Pliny, newly appointed governor of Bithynia, confronts when a high Roman official is found murdered on a desolate hillside, miles from the capital.
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Roman Games
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781852613
SKU
V9781781852613
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Ref
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About Bruce Macbain
Bruce Macbain holds a BA in Classics from the University of Chicago and a PhD. in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught Greek and Roman history at Vanderbilt and Boston University.
Reviews for The Bull Slayer
Roman Games is brilliant. A brutal vision of Rome, rigid with hierarchy and fear.
Robert Fabbri Macbain leads the reader down the mean and dirty streets of Rome. Sure to appeal to fans of Steven Saylor
Library Journal
Inspired... A highly atmospheric and absorbing murder mystery that builds to an earthshaking climax.
Steven Saylor
Robert Fabbri Macbain leads the reader down the mean and dirty streets of Rome. Sure to appeal to fans of Steven Saylor
Library Journal
Inspired... A highly atmospheric and absorbing murder mystery that builds to an earthshaking climax.
Steven Saylor