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33 ratings, 3.82 average rating, 3 reviews
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published
August 21st 2001
by St. Martin's Minotaur
binding
Paperback, 288 pages
isbn
0312277067
(isbn13: 9780312277062)
description
It was a summer of glorious triumph for the mighty Roman Republic.Her invincible legions had brought all foreign enemies to their knees.But in Rome, t...more
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Read in September, 2008
recommends it for:
mystery lovers!
For a quaestor, the lowest level of elected official in ancient Rome, ca. 690 BC, Decius Caecilius Metellus gets around. He is invited to the grandest of parties thrown by Rome’s ultra-elite and seduced by the most beautiful, voluptuous and insatiable women. In the Roberts’s novel with Decius, The King’s Gambit, he is taken on a wild night of carnal exercise by the beautiful sister of his enemy and her incredibly flexible female companion. In The Cataline Conspiracy,...more
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Read in April, 2008
Whoever wrote the blurb for this book didn't read the same story I did. "The streets were flooded with the blood of murdered citizens," it says. I counted five murders, each carried out in a fairly circumspect fashion. A city who could still remember the proscriptions of Sulla hardly blinked an eye at five mundane murders. The blurb is actually the most dramatic part of this book.
I learned a fair amount, not only about the Catiline conspiracy but also about various customs of t...more
I learned a fair amount, not only about the Catiline conspiracy but also about various customs of t...more
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Read in January, 2007
recommends it for:
People interested in ancient Rome and those who love a well-crafted mystery
Second in this very interesting series is a take on one of the most confusing incidents of ancient Roman history. Roberts' take on it offers new perspective on the subject and it is a fascinating read.
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