Raiders of the Nile : A Novel of the Ancient World

from kathleen.heady

Steven Saylor's novel, Raiders of the Nile, is the latest in his series featuring Gordianus the Finder, but this book takes us back to the Roman's early life, when, at the age of twenty-two, he traveled to Alexandria, Egypt. It was here that he acquired the slave Bethesda, who was later to become...

from mamzel

Another smashing adventure of Gordianus and his beloved Bethesda. This time they are visiting Alexandria. After watching a street show by mimes, they meet the actors and share a meal with them. Gordianus dozes off, the young woman of the troop disappears and Bethesda is kidnapped. Could she have ...

from Unreachableshelf

Raiders of the Nile is something of a departure for the Roma Sub Rosa books, in that it makes no pretense to being a mystery. The question of whether Bethesda or the actress she resembles was kidnapped is settled very quickly (the fact that it was Bethesda is even revealed in the cover blurb), as...

from Romonko

What an awesome and enjoyable story. I shouldn't be surprised because Steven Saylor is a wonderful author who knows his time and place very well. Gordianus is a wonderful creation. I read all of the Roma Sub Rosa series where we see Gordianus as a mature man of 50 or 60 years of age. I thought we...

from john257hopper

This is the second of the prequel novels featuring Gordianus the Finder as a young man, now living in Alexandria where he has met his slave and future wife Bethesda. Following the travelogue approach of The Seven Wonders, this novel is a more straightforward narrative involving kidnapping, bandit...