Roman Blood

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Roman Blood
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Author Steven Saylor
Language English
Series Roma Sub Rosa
Genre Historical novel
Publisher St. Martin's Press
Publication date
1991
Publication place United States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages357 pp
ISBN 978-0312064549
Followed by Arms of Nemesis  

Roman Blood is a historical novel by American author Steven Saylor, first published by St. Martin's Press in 1991. [1] It is the first book in his Roma Sub Rosa series of mystery novels set in the final decades of the Roman Republic. It is based on the writings of Cicero. [2] The main character is the Roman sleuth Gordianus the Finder. [3]

Plot summary

The year is 80 BC, and the dictator Sulla rules Rome. The young lawyer Cicero is defending Sextus Roscius, a man accused of murdering his own father who now faces the gruesome punishment for patricide. After famed advocate, Hortensius passes on the case, young Cicero hires Gordianus the Finder to discover the truth of the matter. We are introduced to Gordianus' slave, Bethesda, the mute boy Eco, and historical persons such as the plutocrat Marcus Licinius Crassus, the powerful freedman Lucius Cornelius Chrysogonus and Cicero's scribe Marcus Tullius Tiro.

References

  1. ↑ "Roman Blood". Kirkus Reviews . September 15, 1991. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ Mittleman, Marilyn (April 27, 2005). "'Roman Blood' an exciting historical adventure". The Stuart News . p. E6. ProQuest   2610787560 . Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Roman Blood by Steven W. Saylor". Publishers Weekly . November 4, 1991. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
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