Catilina's Riddle A Novel of Ancient Rome【電子書籍】[ Steven Saylor ]

＜p＞"Saylor rivals Robert Graves in his knack for making the classical world come alive." --(ortland) ＜em＞Oregonian＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Engrossing...Ironic and satisfying." -- ＜em＞San Francisco Chronicle＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The third in Saylor's ＜em＞Roma Sub Rosa＜/em＞ 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. S．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る