Novels of Ancient Rome The Venus Throw, Book 4, (Paperback)

from mamzel

This episode of the Roma sub Rosa series has Gordianus investigating the murder of an Egyptian envoy, Dio, in the home of a neighbor, Clodia. He originally met Dio in Alexandria when he was young and learned from this philosopher. When Clodia offers him the job of discovering his murderer, Gordia...

from msaucier818

Another fascinating read in the Roma Sub Rosa series and Gordianus the Finder. I really enjoy these books for both the character development and the historical fiction that is Rome. Saylor takes actual events from Roman history and brings them to life, staying true to the characters he includes f...

from Traveller1

One of the better of the Gordianus series. Here our noble Finder is caught in a complex web of misunderstandings and half-truths, which he consistently ploughs through, until he finally uncovers the truth-in his own house hold! In this story the great figures of the late Republic play only a peri...

from SeriousGrace

At this point in Gordianus the Finder's life he is a 54 years old farmer in Etruria just outside Ancient Rome. He has married his Egyptian slave, Bethesda, and she has given him a daughter, Gordiana, who is thirteen years old and goes by the name Diana. Rounding out the household are two adopted ...

from dbsovereign

Saylor's mysteries set in ancient Rome are quaint and often very warm novels of people that inhabit a richly-detailed world. His research is impeccable and his characters very human.