The Iron Hand Of Mars: a compelling and captivating historical mystery set in Roman Britain from bestselling author Lindsey Davis - Brossura

Davis, Lindsey

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ISBN 10: 0099515083 ISBN 13: 9780099515081

Casa editrice: Arrow, 2008

Riassunto

‘I’ve always wanted to see something of the Empire outside Rome.’

AD 71. Germania Libera: dark dripping forests inhabited by bloodthirsty barbarians and legendary wild beasts, a furious prophetess who terrorises Rome, and the ghostly spirits of slaughtered Roman legionaries.

Enter Falco, an Imperial agent on a special mission: to find the absconding commander of a legion whose loyalty is suspect. Easier said than done, thinks Falco, as he makes his uneasy way down the Rhenus, trying to forget that back in sunny Rome his girlfriend Helena Justina is being hotly pursued by Titus Caesar. His mood is not improved when he discovers his only allies are a woefully inadequate bunch of recruits, their embittered centurion, a rogue dog, and its innocent young master; just the right kind of support for an agent unwillingly trying to tame the Celtic hordes.

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Recensione:

"Her most ambitious to date... Davis has found a winning formula. The tempo is presto, the language pert" (Daily Telegraph)

"Lindsey Davis doesn't merely make history come alive - she turns it into spanking entertainment, and wraps it around an intriguing mystery. She is incapable of writing a dull sentence" (Peter Lovesey)

"Surely the best historical detective in the business" (Daily Telegraph)

Descrizione del libro:

One of the Roman novels from the bestselling historical fiction Falco series

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• Editore: Arrow
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0099515083
• ISBN 13: 9780099515081
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352