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Shadows in bronze

The Emperor Vespasian has sent Falco and his low-life cronies to loot the home of Pertinax, a traitorous, now-dead employee. Pertinax left a lot of loose threads behind, not least of which is Helena Justina, his handsome, high-handed former wife, and Falco's clandestine lover.

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  • "The Emperor Vespasian has sent Falco and his low-life cronies to loot the home of Pertinax, a traitorous, now-dead employee. Pertinax left a lot of loose threads behind, not least of which is Helena Justina, his handsome, high-handed former wife, and Falco's clandestine lover."@en
  • "More of the misadventures of private investigator, Marcus Didius Falco, of Imperial Rome. A new plot to usurp the purple robes of power puts Falco on the case again bumping into trouble and treason, and Helena Justina, a senator's daughter he's trying hard to forget."
  • "Marcus Didius Falco takes to the streets of Ancient Rome on a mission for his new employer, Emperor Vespasian. Falco's sleazy sleuthing soon puts him on the trail of the villain Barnabus."@en
  • "It's the first century AD, and Marcus Didius Falco, ancient Rome's favorite son and sometimes palace spy, has just been dealt a lousy blow from the gods: the beautiful, high-born Helena Justina has left him in the dust. So when the Emperor Vespasian calls upon him to investigate an act of treason, Falco is more than ready for a distraction. Disguised as an idle vacationer in the company of his best friend Petronius, Falco travels from the Isle of Capreae to Neapolis and all the way to the great city of Pompeii ... where a whole new series of Herculean events -- involving yet another conspiracy and a fateful meeting with his beloved Helena -- are about to erupt."@en
  • "No caveats for readers of Davis's second playful, well-plotted mystery featuring imperial agent Marcus Didius Falco and based in first century, C.E., Rome. Nero's successor Vespasian has squelched an early treasonous plot and assigned Falco to take care of loose ends, which include the body of the uncle of the high-born young widow Helena Justina, whom Falco met and courted stormily in Silver Pigs. Disguised as an idle vacationer in the company of his comrade and captain of the Aventine Watch, Petronius Longus and family, Falco travels south to Neapolis, Capreae and Pompeii (eight years before its destruction) where he uncovers and must thwart a new conspiracy involving the shipment of Egyptian grain to Rome and an unwitting Helena. Like a toga-clad McGee or Spenser, Falco has a modern sensibility that wears its ancient trappings comfortably, whether he's sneaking down a narrow Roman street or feasting sumptuously at a sunlit coastal villa."@en
  • "Gnaeus Atius Pertinax is a dead traitor. Which means all of his possessions are declared official booty for the Emperor Vespasian. It's Marcus Didius Falco's job to make a catalog of all his effects."@en
  • "It's the first century AD, and Marcus Didius Falco, ancient Rome's favorite son and sometimes palace spy, has just been dealt a lousy blow from the gods: the beautiful, high-born Helena Justina has left him in the dust. So when the Emperor Vespasian calls upon him to investigate an act of treason, Falco is more than ready for a distraction. Disguised as an idle vacationer in the company of his best friend Petronius, Falco travels from the Isle of Capreae to Neapolis and all the way to the great city of Pompeii ... where a whole new series of Herculean events--involving yet another conspiracy and a fateful meeting with his beloved Helena--are about to erupt."@en
  • "Marcus Didus Falco, imperial gumshoe, takes to the streets of ancient Rome on a mission for his new employer, Emperor Vespasian. Falco's sleazy sleuthing soon puts him on the trail of the villain Barnabas, who is bent on seizing power from the emperor."@en

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  • "Shadows in bronze : a Marcus Didius Falco novel"@en
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