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Roman history and culture are nice accessories for the more durable tool that Davis employs--hilariously good writing.” — Washington Post Book World on Last Act in Palmyra
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis - Publishers Weekly The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis - Publishers Weekly
In A.D. 71, the Emperor Vespasian sends his reluctant agent Marcus Didius Falco to Germany to bring a rebel chieftain into line and to find a missing legate whose battle-worn legion had surrendered Continue reading » The steps were crowded with the usual illegal touts and overpriced market stalls. I considered upending some melons but smashed fruit meant a diminished livelihood for their market gardener. I had a diminished livelihood myself so I settled on the tasteful copperware. Tilting it with my shoulder, I keeled over a complete stall. The stallholder's thin cry was lost as bouncing flagons, ewers and urns sped at a denting pace down the Temple steps, followed by their despairing owner and numbers of righteous passers-by—all hoping to stroll home with a nice new fluted fruitbowl under one arm. I seem to be hearing about nothing but religious cults this week,"" says Marcus Didius Falco--the Spenser of Ancient Rome--early on in this 12th entry in Davis's popular series. And indeed details Continue reading » Falco boards a ship, sailing for Britannia. Upon arrival, he is met by Sosia’s cousin and Decimus’s daughter, Helena Justina. They dislike each other immediately; Helena is a wealthy aristocrat; Falco makes assumptions about her based on her class. Davis's vision of everyday life in the Roman Empire is superb. I haven't read historical fiction this good since I, Claudius by Robert Graves and The Persian Boy by Mary Renault.” — Detroit Free Press on Shadows in BronzeDavis (The Iron Hand of Mars) introduces a bright new figure in the brisk fifth novel in her series starring Marcus Didius Falco, free-lance ``informer'' in Rome during the first century A.D. Falco's Continue reading » 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 Continue reading » There were two of them. Two ugly lumps of jail-fodder, jellybrained and broad as they were high, were pushing through the crowds towards her, just ten paces off. The little lass was obviously terrified. Rufrius Vitalis - Ex-Centurion of the Second Augustan Legion, living in retirement at Isca Dumnoniorum.
The Silver Pigs: (Marco Didius Falco: book I): the first
Talk about capital punishment: in the Rome of A.D. 73, top criminals are torn to pieces by a specially trained lion. And when that lion is himself found murdered with a spear, who better than Marcus Continue reading » The Silver Pigs: A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome l [Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries #1] Author's Debut Novel, Book 1 of Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries. The Rome of Davis' imagination is licentious and entertaining.” — San Jose Mercury News on THE MARCUS DIDIUS FALCO SERIES In his latest engrossing case (following A Time to Depart, 1997), ancient Rome's preeminent sleuth, Marcus Didius Falco, explores political skulduggery that has a decidedly modern ring. After Chief Continue reading » Falco stumbles upon a conspiracy in the trading of silver ingots, but not before it claims the life of a young girl (Sosia Camillina) Falco meets and is smitten with. Hired by Sosia's uncle, a senator, to find out who murdered her and by the Roman Emperor Vespasian, to uncover the conspiracy, Falco finds himself on the next boat to Britain.The whole thing is splendid. It has everything, mystery, pace, wit, fascinating scholarship – Ellis Peters takes a break from her popular Roman historical mysteries with this sprawling epic of the English civil war. Alas, after the Continue reading » Davis (Nemesis) ingeniously breathes life into her Ancient Rome series, which has reached 20 books, by shifting the focus from Marcus Didius Falco to his adopted daughter, Flavia Albia, who follows Continue reading » After spending so much time together, and many arguments, misunderstandings and denials, Falco and Helena fall in love (and subsequently consummate this in a horse stable, in a public garden). Eventually, Falco sorts out the case and only has to bring the culprits to justice. However, there is no justice, as one of the culprits is Domitian, the Emperor's wayward son, and the only other surviving culprit is very close to Helena and her senator father. A pure delight… brilliantly [immerses] us in the marvels of ancient Roman life.” — Good Book Guide on The Accusers
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