Spqr I: The King's Gambit: A Mystery

Spqr I: The King's Gambit: A Mystery - Paperback

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Spqr I: The King's Gambit: A Mystery - Paperback

Spqr I: The King's Gambit: A Mystery - Paperback

by John Maddox Roberts
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Blackmail, corruption, treachery, murder--the glory that was Rome.

In this Edgar Award-nominated mystery, John Maddox Roberts takes readers back to a Rome filled with violence and evil. Vicious gangs ruled the streets of Crassus and Pompey, routinely preying on plebeian and patrician alike, so the garroting of a lowly ex-slaved and the disembowelment of a foreign merchant in the dangerous Subura district seemed of little consequence to the Roman hierarchy. But Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger--highborn commander of the local vigiles--was determined to investigate. Despite official apathy, brazen bribes, and sinister threates, Decius uncovers a world of corruption at the highest levels of his government that threatens to destroy him and the government he serves.
ISBN9780312277055
Author John Maddox Roberts
PublisherMinotaur Books
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2001
LanguageENG- English
Pages288
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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