SPQR I: The King's Gambit

SPQR I: The King's Gambit
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Publisher : Minotaur Books
Total Pages : 285
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ISBN-10 : 9781429908337
ISBN-13 : 1429908335
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Book Synopsis SPQR I: The King's Gambit by : John Maddox Roberts

Download or read book SPQR I: The King's Gambit written by John Maddox Roberts and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blackmail, corruption, treachery, murder--the glory that was Rome. In this Edgar Award-nominated mystery, John Maddox Roberts takes readers back to a Rome filled with violence and evil. Vicious gangs ruled the streets of Crassus and Pompey, routinely preying on plebeian and patrician alike, so the garroting of a lowly ex-slaved and the disembowelment of a foreign merchant in the dangerous Subura district seemed of little consequence to the Roman hierarchy. But Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger--highborn commander of the local vigiles--was determined to investigate. Despite official apathy, brazen bribes, and sinister threates, Decius uncovers a world of corruption at the highest levels of his government that threatens to destroy him and the government he serves.


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