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SILVER PIGS: A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome
by Davis, Lindsey
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0517573636
- ISBN 13
- 9780517573631
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About This Item
Crown, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SILVER PIGS - the first book in the Marcus Didius Falco series. Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman 'informer' in 70AD, is standing in the Forum one very hot day, aiming to become a classic gumshoe in the Ancient World genre of mystery fiction. At this early point in his career, he has not only to make his way in the snobbish and dangerous milieu of Vespasian's Rome, but to overcome the prejudice amongst publishers, booksellers and readers who are wary of historical novels and off-beat settings. Our hero takes himself to Britain; there the weather is filthy, the natives are restless, the women are angry, and his mission turns into a nightmare from which he only narrowly escapes alive. Along the way he meets brutes, traitors, his mother, sellers of seedy snacks, a blonde young lady who thinks he's wonderful, the Emperor - and Helena Justina, whom the author had intended to be the chief conspirator - but who turned out to be far too spirited for that. First printing of the first American edition. CONDITION: Bears a remainder mark on the top edge. Unread. Text block & spine are tight. Dust jacket is as new. Mylar cover.
Synopsis
Lindsey Davis now writes full time. She is the author of eleven Falco novels and one historical love story, A Course of Honour . Two For the Lions won the first CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Cedar Tree Antiques
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 114627
- Title
- SILVER PIGS: A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome
- Author
- Davis, Lindsey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0517573636
- ISBN 13
- 9780517573631
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 258
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Historical
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