From the Bookshelf of Falco and Associates…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
Back on the road, Falco travels to Spain and explores the all-important Olive Oil trade across the Roman empire. (And if you think for a moment that ancient trade was not a global phenomenon on a vast scale, look up Monte Testaccio).
Expect a convoluted plot encompassing politicians and money, as well as agricultural and trade copnsiderations. I personally love the setting (having visited modern Cordoba), but this was a quick and lighter read than the previous volume in the series (Time to Depar ...more
Expect a convoluted plot encompassing politicians and money, as well as agricultural and trade copnsiderations. I personally love the setting (having visited modern Cordoba), but this was a quick and lighter read than the previous volume in the series (Time to Depar ...more
Falco is a blast, as always. If I was an ancient Roman I'd like to have known a fellow like him. 'Course, if I was an ancient Roman I might have also died in childbirth.
Falco travels to Baetica (that's in what is now Spain, I think I'm spelling it right) with the very pregnant Helena (what a chick, I'm telling you) to find a murderer (of course) and suss out a possible conspiracy to rig prices for the precious, high quality Spanish (Baetican) olive oil.
You get to learn a good deal about olive oi ...more
Falco travels to Baetica (that's in what is now Spain, I think I'm spelling it right) with the very pregnant Helena (what a chick, I'm telling you) to find a murderer (of course) and suss out a possible conspiracy to rig prices for the precious, high quality Spanish (Baetican) olive oil.
You get to learn a good deal about olive oi ...more
We find Falco and his sweetheart Helena Justina right on the verge of parenthood in A Dying Light in Corduba, and somehow you know it's just not going to be easy for this pair. When Anacrites the Chief Spy is brutally attacked and another spy is killed, Falco finds himself going abroad to Spain to track down the culprits, discover a possible olive oil cartel, and check out the local Roman citizens who hold immense feelings of superiority. Falco wins the day eventually, but almost at the cost of
...more
A great thriller in the classic Roman style...Marcus and Helena are off to Spain. I thought this one was much better than the one in Palmyra. Makes me look forward to the next.
If you liked the series with Brother Cadfael you'll love this one with Marcus Falco!
...more
