现货A Roman Death[9780648002000]

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库存3件

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作者O'Hagan, Joan B ; Saylor, Steven

出版社Black Quill Press

ISBN9780648002000

出版时间2017-10

装帧平装

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页数256页

正文语种英语

上书时间2024-03-29

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商品描述: Historical thriller set in Ancient Rome. In 45 BC, Julius Caesar is at the height of his power. Lucius Scaurus, the young, good-looking fiance of a high-society girl is poisoned at the couple's own pre-wedding banquet. In the trial that follows, Roman society is shocked when the girl's mother, Helvia, is accused of not only of murder, but of incest. Cicero comes to Helvia's defence, but the killer's identity remains a mystery until the final twist - or two.'Poison, poetry (both high-minded and salacious), marriage for money, marriage for love, gang-rape, cowardice in battle, scheming slaves, conniving aristocrats, malicious matrons casting magical curses, and (as if all this were not enough) a previously unknown oration by Cicero there’s so much going on, so expertly conveyed ... ' (Steven Saylor)

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