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Ruth Downie
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Medicus (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #1)
   3.60 avg rating — 1,516 ratings
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2006
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19 editions
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Terra Incognita (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #2)
3.76 avg rating — 656 ratings
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2008
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13 editions
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Persona Non Grata (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #3)
3.92 avg rating — 463 ratings
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2008
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Caveat Emptor (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #4)
3.87 avg rating — 291 ratings
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2010
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9 editions
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| I loved this book. It's not only a richly imagined recreation of the life of a woman who rose from poverty to power. It's also an examination of what 'conversion' might mean: not a blinding flash but a 'slow erosion of cynicism' that leaves the sharp...more | |
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The third in the 'Warrior of Rome' series featuring the barbarian/Roman general Ballista. Here he escapes the clutches of Shapur, King of Kings, but not the shadow of the oath he has sworn on his family's lives. This seemed to me to be the darkest of...more |
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| Set in France, this is a good adventure yarn that combines a lot of familiar elements (aged monks, ancient texts to be deciphered, bold archaeologists and a Big Secret) but all done with style. The plot ranges from the very, very ancient past (convin...more | |
“One of the many difficult things about women was that they tended to pick the most unsuitable times to tell you something they considered to be important, and then became irrationally upset when you failed to remember it.”
― Ruth Downie, Terra Incognita
― Ruth Downie, Terra Incognita
“I seem to remember sitting on a golden bench, and she started chattering about the sunset, or something. She seemed quite happy so I let her get on with it. Then she got hold of my hand and asked me what I was thinking about. So I said, "The treatment of anal fistulae".”
― Ruth Downie, Terra Incognita
― Ruth Downie, Terra Incognita
“Back from where? you're not going out again and leaving me here are you?? Holy Hercules I sound like somebody's wife”
― Ruth Downie, Terra Incognita
― Ruth Downie, Terra Incognita
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