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Title: Spqr V: Saturnalia (Spqr Series, Volume 5) by John Maddox Roberts ISBN: 0-312-20582-1 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Murder, Mayhem, and Scandal in Ancient Rome
Comment: ... I had just read the Steven Saylor "Roma Sub Rosa" series, featuring the lovably human Gordianus the Finder, so I felt a bit disloyal even picking up a Maddox Roberts book, but, WOW! am I glad I did. Roberts writes with effortless skill, a keen understanding of complex Roman politics and social hierarchies, and, best of all, a delicious sense of mystery. SATURNALIA, is a wicked tale of murder and adultery, set against the twilight of Rome's Republic. The scandalous Clodia is accused of poisoning her husband (all of this is based on historical events), and Maddox Roberts takes the opportunity to explore some of Rome's darker sides in the process. Roberts' hero - a Junior Senator with the unwieldy name of Decius Caecilius Metellus - is a wonder: patrician by birth, he is able to walk with equal confidence in marble halls, and the stinkiest streets of the Subura. I highly recommend not only SATURNALIA, but all the other novels in the SPQR series. You'll fall in love with Decius, and discover sides to ancient Rome you never knew existed.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another great book from Roberts
Comment: The fifth nover of the SPQR series is as good as all the others. Roberts using the same technique and the same elements that made all the other books of the series so popular. And guess what Decius is back to Rome.
Rating: 5
Summary: great comic mystery
Comment: I have read all of the books in this series, and they are really great. The interpretations of historical characters are entertaining, the hero is very funny, the plots are interesting. Please write more!
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Title: The Temple of the Muses : SPQR IV by John Maddox Roberts ISBN: 0312246986 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 13 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Tribune's Curse: SPQR VII by John Maddox Roberts ISBN: 0312304889 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 05 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Sacrilege : SPQR III by John Maddox Roberts ISBN: 0312246978 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 13 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The King's Gambit (SPQR, Book 1) by John Maddox Roberts ISBN: 0312277059 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 24 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Catiline Conspiracy : SPQR II by John Maddox Roberts ISBN: 0312277067 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 21 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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