Deadly Election
Flavia Albia 3 (Falco: The New Generation)
$23.75
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
8 December 2015
Summary
In the blazing July heat of imperial Rome, Flavia Albia inspects a decomposing corpse. It has been discovered in lots to be auctioned by her family business, so she’s determined to identify the dead man and learn how he met his gruesome end.
The investigation will give her a chance to work with the magistrate, Manlius Faustus, the friend she sadly knows to be the last chaste man in Rome. But he’s got other concerns than her anonymous corpse. It’s election time and with democracy for s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444794182 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1444794183 |
| Author: | Lindsey Davis |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2015 |
| Weight: | 314g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 162mm x 27mm |
| Series: | Flavia Albia |
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Praise for THE IDES OF APRIL:
Davis was primus and still has no pares … The auguries promise a long, successful series. - TelegraphSadly, after 20 novels, Lindsey Davis is no longer chronicling the adventures of Marcus Didius Falco, her private eye in Ancient Rome. But fear not. With the Ides of April, she has only stepped down a generation. Enter the feisty, savvy and attractive Flavia Albia … Davis continues her wonderful portrayal of the city and its inhabitants, and the delightful Flavia Alba adds an important element - the complicated status of working women. - The TimesThis is a welcome return to the familiar territory of ancient Rome. - Literary ReviewLindsey Davis’s many fans will have been made anxious by the news that she is embarking on a news series with a new sleuth. They need not worry. Marcus Didius Falco’s adopted daughter, Flavia Albia, is a wonderful creation, rendered with a surprising tenderness … Just as closely researched and yet light-hearted as the Falco novels, The Ides of April is more touching. - BookoxygenAbout 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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