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This is my favorite Roman Mystery so far....
Roman Blood is the story of Gordianus the Finder, a fictional "private investigator" who lived in the last days of the Roman Republic. In this book, he helps the real life lawyer, orator, and politician Cicero solve a murder.
The novel works well both as a historical novel and as a mystery. Rome did not really have police investigators but it did have courts and it have an open political system. Evidence played an important role in both. Saylor definite ...more
Roman Blood is the story of Gordianus the Finder, a fictional "private investigator" who lived in the last days of the Roman Republic. In this book, he helps the real life lawyer, orator, and politician Cicero solve a murder.
The novel works well both as a historical novel and as a mystery. Rome did not really have police investigators but it did have courts and it have an open political system. Evidence played an important role in both. Saylor definite ...more
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