Novels of Ancient Rome A Murder on the Appian Way, Book 5, (Paperback)

from Traveller1

Another Gordianus detective story, and entertaining as always. The story of the death of Clodius, the ramifications thereof, and all told from the perspective of the one man who can sort the entire mess out. In the background the two "great men" Caesar and Pompey can be seen drifting apart.* just...

from cathymoore

I like Gordianus the Finder. He's not as witty as my other favourite M Didius Falco but the characters are well drawn and the attention to historical detail is second to none. The addition of thorough author's notes at the end help to separate the known facts from the fictional filling in.

from msaucier818

I have really come to enjoy books by Saylor and his main character, Gordianus the Finder. These books are basically mystery books set in Rome with Gordianus as the detective. Along with the mystery, a whole lot of Roman history is tossed in to make this a readers delight. This particular mystery ...

from robotprincess

I love Steven Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series. Yes, Gordianus is far too modern in his attitudes for an ancient Roman, but Saylor's descriptions of ancient Rome are wonderful and make you feel like you're really there. And at least Gordianus' oddities are acknowledged in-universe, so there's some c...

from john257hopper

As usual, the characters are great and the sense of place and time very genuine. This toddled along quite nicely, though the endless diffeent intrepretations of the battle/ambush between Milo and Clodius grew a bit tiresome after a while.