{"product_id":"catilina-s-riddle-book-steven-w-saylor-9780312982119","title":"Catilina's Riddle","description":"\u003cp\u003eSaylor rivals Robert Graves in his knack for making the classical world come alive. --(ortland) \u003ci\u003eOregonian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngrossing.Ironic and satisfying. -- \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe third in Saylor's \u003ci\u003eRoma Sub Rosa\u003c\/i\u003e novels featuring Gordianus the Finder. Gordianus, disillusioned by the corruption of Rome circa 63 B.C., has fled the city with his family to live on a farm in the Etruscan countryside. But this bucolic life is disrupted by the machinations and murderous plots of two politicians: Roman consul Cicero, Gordianus's longtime patron, and populist senator Catilina, Cicero's political rival and a candidate to replace him in the annual elections for consul. Claiming that Catilina plans an uprising if he loses the race, Cicero asks Gordianus to keep a watchful eye on the radical. Although he distrusts both men, Gordianus is forced into the center of the power struggle when his six-year-old daughter Diana finds a headless corpse in their stable. Shrewdly depicting deadly political maneuverings, this addictive mystery also displays the author's firm grasp of history and human character. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn first publication back in 1994, \u003ci\u003eCatilina's Riddle\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Hammet Award.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49597054943505,"sku":"CIN0312982119G","price":4.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50347694129425,"sku":"CIN0312982119A","price":4.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50440643772689,"sku":"CIN0312982119VG","price":3.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50794692378897,"sku":"GOR014075371","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0312982119.jpg?v=1750877627","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/catilina-s-riddle-book-steven-w-saylor-9780312982119","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}