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A thrilling puzzle from the ancient world with real historical characters and based on a case in Cicero''s Orations - Roman Blood is a perfect blend of mystery and history by a brilliant storyteller.

On an unseasonably warm spring morning in 80BC, Gordianus the Finder is summoned to the house of Cicero, a young advocate and orator preparing his first important case. His client is Umbrian landowner, Sextus Roscius, accused of the unforgivable: the murder of his own father.

Gordianus agrees to investigate the crime - in a society fire with deceit, betrayl and conspiracy, where neither citizen nor slave can be trusted to speak the truth. But even Gordianus is not prepared for the spectacularly dangerous fireworks that attend the resolution of this ugly, delicate case...

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A Paperback by Steven Saylor

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    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
    Publication Date: 01/07/2011
    ISBN13: 9781849016056, 978-1849016056
    ISBN10: 1849016054
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    A thrilling puzzle from the ancient world with real historical characters and based on a case in Cicero''s Orations - Roman Blood is a perfect blend of mystery and history by a brilliant storyteller.

    On an unseasonably warm spring morning in 80BC, Gordianus the Finder is summoned to the house of Cicero, a young advocate and orator preparing his first important case. His client is Umbrian landowner, Sextus Roscius, accused of the unforgivable: the murder of his own father.

    Gordianus agrees to investigate the crime - in a society fire with deceit, betrayl and conspiracy, where neither citizen nor slave can be trusted to speak the truth. But even Gordianus is not prepared for the spectacularly dangerous fireworks that attend the resolution of this ugly, delicate case...

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