The Bull Slayer by Bruce Macbain
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.
Roman Games is brilliantA 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
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
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781852613 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781852618 |
| Title | The Bull Slayer |
| Author | Bruce Macbain |
| Series | Roman Games |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2014-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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