Last Seen in Massilia by Steven Saylor

Last Seen in Massilia by Steven Saylor

As civil war between Caesar and Pompey engulfs the Roman world, Gordianus the Finder receives an anonymous message informing him of the death of his son Meto who has been acting as a double agent for Caesar. The search for Meto's fate brings Gordianus to the besieged seaport of Massilia, which is stubbomly holding out against Caesar's troops. As famine and slaughter threaten the blockaded city, Gordianus is drawn into the intrigues of exiled Romans and duplicitous Massilians. His only friend in the city, Hieronymous, has been made the doomed scapegoat elected by city officials to bear the sins of the populace and save them all from annihilation. Meanwhile, Gordianus is constantly frustrated in his efforts to find out what happened to his son - and when he witnesses the fall of a young woman from a precipice outside the city called the Sacrifice Rock, then the plot begins to thicken...

* 'Saylor's scholarship is breathtaking and his writing enthralls' - Ruth Rendell * 'How wonderful to have a scholar write about ancient Rome; how comforting, to feel instant confidence in the historical accuracy of the novel.' - The Sunday Times

Steven Saylor is the author of the Roma sub Rosa series set in ancient Rome and featuring Gordianus the Finder. His work has been widely praised for its remarkable accuracy and vivid historical detail as well as for its passion, mystery and intrigue. Steven lives in Berkeley, California. His latestmore contemporary crime novel set in turn-of-the-century Texas, Honour the Dead was published by Constable & Robinson this year.

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ISBN 13	9781841194318
ISBN 10	184119431X
Title	Last Seen in Massilia
Author	Steven Saylor
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2001-09-27
Number of pages	320
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