Summary
When Flavia Albia stumbles upon the murdered corpse of a young man near Rome’s famous Circus Maximus, she is about to embark on one of her most dangerous and complicated cases.
Rome and the Romans are obsessed with chariot racing. Lepo was the rising star of the Purples, a new team created by the psychotic Emperor Domitian with big money backing. Suspicion immediately falls on Lepo’s greatest rival, Agathon, a young man emerging from a rival team, the Golds. Convinced of his guilt, a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399747998 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399747991 |
| Author: | Lindsey Davis |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 234mm x 153mm |
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Davis’s writing is funny, irreverent, entertaining, gripping and always fascinating * Shots Magazine *Life, death and detective work in first century Rome is described in all its glory through Lindsey’s wry and twinkling eyes and the whole thing is an absolute delight … Gives Ben Hur a run for its money * Shots Magazine *
About The Author
Lindsey Davis
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 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 set in that dark period, leading to her new series about Flavia Albia.
Her books are translated and five radio dramas are regularly rebroadcast on BBC Radio 4X. 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 Ivanhoe Prize for lifetime achievement in historical fiction, given by the Spanish City of Ubeda.
She has been the Chair of the UK Crimewriters’ Association, Honorary President of the UK Classical Association, President of the Birmingham and Midlands Institute and is a Fellow of the UK Society of Authors.
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