false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1214778392m/3131983.jpg 3131983 7 <div><div>The Roman civil war has come to its conclusion &#8211; Pompey is dead, Egypt is firmly under the control of Cleopatra (with the help of Rome&#8217;s legions), and for the first time in many years Julius Caesar has returned to Rome itself. Appointed by the Senate as Dictator, the city abounds with rumors asserting that Caesar wishes to be made King &#8211; the first such that Rome has had in centuries. And that not all of his opposition has been crushed.<br><br><br><br>Gordianus, recently returned from Egypt with his wife Bethesda, is essentially retired from his previous profession of &#8216;Finder&#8217; but even he cannot refuse the call of Calpurnia, Caesar&#8217;s wife. Troubled by dreams foretelling disaster and fearing a conspiracy against the life of Caesar, she had hired someone to investigate the rumors. But that person, a close friend of Gordianus, has just turned up dead &#8211; murdered -- on her doorstep. With four successive Triumphs for Caesar&#8217;s military victories scheduled for the coming days, and Caesar more exposed to danger than ever before, Calpurnia wants Gordianus to uncover the truth behind the rumored conspiracies -- to protect Caesar&#8217;s life, before it is too late. No fan of Caesar&#8217;s, Gordianus agrees to help &#8211; but only to find the murderer who killed his friend. But once an investigation is begun, there's no controlling what it will turn up, who it will put in danger, and where it will end.<br><br></div></div> 3163395 book 15 5 2008 The Triumph of Caesar total:106|5:24|4:38|3:30|2:8|1:0| 106 401 170 30 2 1 false false Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 05 11:33:26 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 10 12:47:20 -0800 2008 once more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 14:15:24 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 14:31:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 07:41:03 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 09:50:46 -0700 2008 The Triumph of Caesar is the 12th in the Gordianus series of novels set in ancient Rome. 'Gordianus the Finder' is a kind of private detective who started his career working for Cicero on a case of parricide. Now 30 years later Gordianus has acquired a house on the Palatine and is well known to the ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 14:17:27 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 14:22:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 11:15:26 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 05:11:11 -0700 2009 SAylor says that he is perplexed by Julius Caeser. In this book, I found him generally critical of him. Having...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 11:39:27 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 12:05:05 -0700 2008
At its best, his work is captivating. At it's worst, Saylor's work is tedious and contrived. Perhaps the most interesting comm...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 12 17:21:21 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 17:21:21 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 15:01:24 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 15:03:47 -0700 2009 This book was a really good one. It was a mystery not just a novel, so the end wrapped things up a little to nicely.
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