It's AD 188, and a tiresome three-day journey to the forested outskirts of the Empire is the last thing Libertus, freedman and pavement-maker, wants to make. Not only are there wolves and bears, but Celtic rebels may well regard the lone coach as fair game. But when Marcus Septimus asks Libertus to join him on official business, he knows he can't refuse his benevolent patron. En route to the garrison town of isca, they stop at Venta: a simmering cauldron of social unrest where the Silures tribe, loyal to the memory of former chief Caractacus, seethes under Roman occupation. In the busy market square, Libertus is shocked by the glimpse of a familiar face. His pursuit of the figure leads him down a dangerous path and, before he knows it, into a murky world of racketeering, treason and murder...
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Descrizione del libro:
Seventh in this popular crime series set in Roman Britain, featuring amateur sleuth Libertus. 'A cracking tale with a fast-moving plot' CONN IGGULDEN
L'autore:
Rosemary Rowe is the pseudonym of an author who has successfully published novels in another genre. Born in Cornwall, she lived for twenty years in New Zealand. A highly qualified academic, she has written more than a dozen bestselling text-books as Rosemary Aitken.
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- EditoreHeadline
- Data di pubblicazione2005
- ISBN 10 0755305183
- ISBN 13 9780755305186
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine320
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