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This tenth novel featuring Marcus Didius Falco puts the tough private eye in the lions?? den to investigate an extraordinary case of murder.Nothing??s certain except death and taxes. Catching tax evaders for the Emperor Vespasian looks like a plum position for Marcus Didius Falco, who has teamed up with his old boss, Anacrites, the crotchety chief spy of Rome. Soon, however, Falco is bogged down in bureaucracy, stuck at his stylus, and longing for a good murder to investigate.He gets one when someone kills the lion Leonidas, the Empire??s official executioner. Feared by plebeians and citizens alike, Leonidas administered justice with a swift, sure blow. Then he ate the offender. Now this king of beasts lies stabbed to death in his cage.Sniffing around for clues, Falco is soon led into the rowdy, decadent world of gladiators and bestiarii, fighters who specialize in contests against animals. Falco finds that it??s dark and dangerous in the tunnels under the arena??and even blacker in the desperate souls of those who must kill or be killed each time the games begin. Yet no one has a motive for slaughtering a lion after hours.The unexpected slaying of the most glamorous gladiator in the city is another matter.Now Falco has a high-profile crime to handle??and a domestic crisis brewing. His lover, the patrician Helena, reports that her disgraced brother needs help in Tripoli. Since Africa may well be the missing link between the murders of man and beast, Falco is quickly en route to those far shores ? and heading toward a dangerous rendezvous with the raging lions that reside in the human heart, and one particular person who s… (mais)
En esta novela Falco conocerá de cerca y se introducirá entre bastidores en el mundo de los juegos circenses, para comprobar hasta qué punto se trata de un negocio corrompido. El asesinato de una de las grandes estrellas del Circo Máximo le llevarán a África y desde luego lo acompañarán su esposa y su hija. Esta vez Lindsey Davis, tan audaz como siempre, podría estar retratando el tema de las grandes estrellas deportivas y los "hooligans" en una novela situada en la Roma Imperial.
It starts with Marcus Didius Falco, and his partner and enemy the Chief Spy Anacrites employed in the Great Census and turns into the investigation of a star gladiator's death. ( )
Because the incident with Falco's brother-in-law, Famia, is going to be mentioned in some of the later books in this series, see chapter 58 of Two For the Lions for what happened.
The historical research that goes into each of this author's novels is thorough and fascinating. In this book, Lindsey Davis deals with gladiators, beasts, and criminals who face off in the arena; and there is a sub-plot involving the search for a now-extinct plant which was popular at the time, silphium. Some of Davis' novels in the series are closely paired , and this seems to be one of them as it ends rather abruptly. ( )
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
The tenth Falco novel is dedicated with the author's affection and gratitude to all the reads who have made this continuing series possible
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
My partner and I had been well set up to earn our fortunes until we were told about the corpse.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
I was a Roman. As the poet said, my mission was bringing civilized pursuits to the known world. In the face of tenacious opposition, I believed you whacked them, taxed them, absorbed them, patronized them, then proscribed human sacrifice, dressed them in togas, and discouraged them from openly insulting Rome. That done, you put in a strong governor, and left them to get on with it.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
I smiled to myself resignedly. Anacrites was still alive.
This tenth novel featuring Marcus Didius Falco puts the tough private eye in the lions?? den to investigate an extraordinary case of murder.Nothing??s certain except death and taxes. Catching tax evaders for the Emperor Vespasian looks like a plum position for Marcus Didius Falco, who has teamed up with his old boss, Anacrites, the crotchety chief spy of Rome. Soon, however, Falco is bogged down in bureaucracy, stuck at his stylus, and longing for a good murder to investigate.He gets one when someone kills the lion Leonidas, the Empire??s official executioner. Feared by plebeians and citizens alike, Leonidas administered justice with a swift, sure blow. Then he ate the offender. Now this king of beasts lies stabbed to death in his cage.Sniffing around for clues, Falco is soon led into the rowdy, decadent world of gladiators and bestiarii, fighters who specialize in contests against animals. Falco finds that it??s dark and dangerous in the tunnels under the arena??and even blacker in the desperate souls of those who must kill or be killed each time the games begin. Yet no one has a motive for slaughtering a lion after hours.The unexpected slaying of the most glamorous gladiator in the city is another matter.Now Falco has a high-profile crime to handle??and a domestic crisis brewing. His lover, the patrician Helena, reports that her disgraced brother needs help in Tripoli. Since Africa may well be the missing link between the murders of man and beast, Falco is quickly en route to those far shores ? and heading toward a dangerous rendezvous with the raging lions that reside in the human heart, and one particular person who s
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