Novels of Ancient Rome: The Seven Wonders : A Novel of the Ancient World (Series #NO. 13 OF ) (Hardcover)

from mamzel

Steven Saylor has brought back his Roman private detective, Gordianus the Finder, in a new prequel series. An old Greek poet, Antipater of Sidon, has been a tutor for young Gordianus, who has just been given his adult toga. Antipater has pretended his own death so he could leave Rome and travel b...

from Unreachableshelf

I have been missing older Gordianus (I want to see his story continue through Caesar's assassination), so I was initially disappointed when I found out the next book was going to be a prequel, but these stories of how Gordianus became the Finder are an engrossing tour of the early first century A...

from Romonko

I have always wondered about the early life of Gordianus the Finder and I love Steven Saylor's series about this wonderful character from Ancient Rome. Saylor is a true storyteller, and his books enthrall me. This book is a series of stories about Gordianus' travels to each of the Seven Wonders o...

from Traveller1

If there is one thing I have learnt from reading Saylor's Gordianus adventures it is-stay away from the "Finder", because death alway finds those near him. In this novel the young Gordianus sets off from Rome with his father's blessing, in the company of the noted poet Antipater of Sidon, who is ...

from kwskultety

A collection of stories written as a prequel to the first Finder book. Not the best ever written, but not bad.