Nemesis

Informationen zum Autor Historical novelist Lindsey Davis is best known for her novels set in Ancient Rome, including the much-loved Marcus Didius Falco series, although she has also written about the English Civil War, including in 2014 A Cruel Fate , a book for the Quick Reads literacy initiative. Her examination of the paranoid reign of the roman emperor Domitian began with Master and God , a standalone novel, leading to her new series about Flavia Albia, set in that dark period. Her books are translated and have been dramatized on BBC Radio 4. Her many awards include the Premio Colosseo (from the city of Rome) and the Crime Writers' Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement. Most recently she was awarded the City of Ubeda Historical Novel Prize, also for lifetime achievement. Klappentext In the high summer of AD 77, laid-back detective Marcus Didius Falco is called upon to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a middle-aged couple who supplied statues to Falco's father, Geminus. Zusammenfassung In the high summer of AD 77, laid-back detective Marcus Didius Falco is called upon to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a middle-aged couple who supplied statues to Falco's father, Geminus.

Product details

• Authors: Lindsey Davis, Davis Lindsey
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.02.2011
• EAN: 9780099536772
• ISBN: 978-0-09-953677-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Arrow Books; Marcus Didius Falco; Falco; Marcus Didius Falco; Falco
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical mysteries, Modern and contemporary fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary