The Queen of the Night

Informationen zum Autor Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough. He studied History at Liverpool and Oxford Universities and obtained a doctorate for his thesis on Edward II and Queen Isabella. He is now headmaster of a school in north-east London and lives with his family in Essex. Klappentext It is the late summer of 314 and Rome is shocked by a series of violent abductions. Young men and women, sons and daughters of the powerful, are being kidnapped and held for ransom before being released in a rambling, haunted cemetery. At the same time, veteran soldiers, men who served Constantine along the Great Wall in northern Britain are being barbarously murdered. The indignities inflicted on their corpses recall the barbaric practices of the Picts against whom they fought so many years ago. Zusammenfassung In the summer of 314, dark figures who lurk in the twilight of Roman society are on the prowl, and Rome is shocked by a series of gruesome murders in the third novel featuring imperial secret agent Claudia

Product details

• Authors: Paul Doherty
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.12.2006
• EAN: 9780755328819
• ISBN: 978-0-7553-2881-9
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 112 mm x 176 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Headline Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Crime, Historical mysteries, Crime & mystery, Historical fiction, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Historical adventure, Espionage & spy thriller, FICTION / Historical / Ancient, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Rome, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, Ancient Rome, Historical adventure fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Espionage and spy thriller, European history: the Romans, 4th century, c 300 to c 399