Novels of Ancient Rome Judgment of Caesar, Book 10, (Paperback)

from msaucier818

Another solid entry in the Gordianus series. Not my favorite, but it was nice to put the setting in Egypt and introduce the age of Cleopatra to the story. I feel like I learned a bit about that time period that I am not very familiar with. The mystery of the story does not really take place until...

from Unreachableshelf

This review contains spoilers for this and earlier books in the Roma sub Rosa series. At the close of A Mist of Prophecies, Gordianus the Finder's wife, Bethesda, decided that the only way she could be cured of a lingering illness was to return to Alexandria and bathe in the Nile. When this book ...

from mamzel

Watching over Gordianus's shoulder we are again witness to famous historical events, this time in the extraordinary city of Alexandria. Gordianus has taken his wife, originally Egyptian, home to Alexandria in the hopes that bathing in the Nile will cure her of whatever the illness is that she is ...

from amerigoUS

More historical fiction than historical mystery, I still liked this latest installment of Gordianus the Finder, who seems to find himself at a crossroads as he struggles to come to terms with alienating his adopted son and his sick, possibly dying, wife. He arrives in Alexandria at his wife Bethe...

from setnahkt

POTENTIAL SPOILERS The latest in a mystery series by Steven Saylor, with the ancient Roman detective Gordianus the Finder. The novels are OK, but not great. The thing I like about them, though, is that they make Roman history much more memorable than a textbook. Although I've read dozens of R...