Bruce Macbain

Roman Games

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rome: September, 96 AD. When the body of Sextus Verpa, a notorious senatorial informer and libertine, is found stabbed to death in his bedroom, suspicion falls on his household slaves-a potential death sentence for all. The emperor Domitian orders Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus-known to history as Pliny the Younger-to investigate. Pliny teams up with Martial, a starving author of bawdy verses. Pooling their talents, they unravel a plot that involves Jewish and Christian "atheists," exotic Egyptian cultists, Rome's own pantheon of gods, and a missing horoscope that forecasts the emperor's death.... Bruce Macbain holds a B.A. in Classics from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught Greek and Roman history at Vanderbilt and Boston University. Roman Games is his debut novel. www.brucemacbain.com

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sourcebooks
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781590587768
• ISBN-10: 1590587766
• Artikelnr.: 29304724

Autorenporträt

Bruce Macbain holds a BA in Classics from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught Greek and Roman history at Vanderbilt University and Boston University. His special interest is religion in the Roman Empire. He enjoys travelling and was one of the first Peace Corps Volunteers to serve in Borneo. He lives with his wife in Brookline, MA. This is his first novel.