The Silver Pigs
- 318 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
First title in Lindsey Davis' successful historical mysteries featuring Marcus Didius Falco set in Rome in AD 70.
Marcus Didius FalcoSéria
Táto séria vás zavedie do rušného antického Ríma za vlády cisára Vespaziána. Sledujte osudy bystrého a cynického súkromného detektíva, ktorý sa pohybuje medzi vznešenými kruhmi a temnými uličkami. Každý prípad odhaľuje zložité intrigy, politické machinácie a fascinujúci pohľad do každodenného života v jednom z najmocnejších impérií sveta. Ponorte sa do napínavých záhad s historickým nádychom.
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Shadows in Bronze
- 416 stránok
- 15 hodin čítania
It’s the first century A.D. and Marcus Didius Falco, Ancient Rome’s favorite son and sometime palace spy, has just been dealt a lousy blow from the gods: The beautiful, high-born Helena Justina has left him in the dust. So when the Emperor Vespasian calls upon him to investigate an act of treason, Falco is more than ready for a distraction. Disguised as an idle vacationer in the company of his best friend Petronius, Falco travels from the Isle of Capreae to Neapolis and all the way to the great city of Pompeii…where a whole new series of Herculean events—involving yet another conspiracy, and a fateful meeting with his beloved Helena—are about to erupt. . .
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Venus in Copper
- 292 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
"Delectably funny...A novel that gives new meaning to the term 'classic detective fiction.'" THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD In 70 A.D. in ancient Rome, no one is a saint. Or so thinks Marcus Didius Falco, a private investigator first introduced in the award-winning SILVER PIGS, who's trying to prevent a murder before it happens. When every man a woman marries dies, Falco knows there's smoke and fire--and he'll stop at nothing to untangle the Gordion knot that proves it.
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The Iron Hand of Mars
- 352 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
Marcus Didius Falco is an Roman Imperial agent in 71 AD. and he is being sent to tame the Celtic hordes
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Poseidon's Gold
- 372 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
Rome, AD 72. Marcus Falco returns from a six-month mission to the German legions. But trouble awaits him - his apartment has been wrecked and someone is demanding money from him. Worse is to come when that person is killed, and Falco is the prime suspect.
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Last Act in Palmyra
- 420 stránok
- 15 hodin čítania
The sixth novel featuring Marcus Didius Falco. Falco and his girlfriend Helena find themselves attached to a travelling comedy troupe who are touring through Syria. Falco finds himself entangled in another murder case - a second-rate playwright is murdered, leaving the comedy troupe without a bard.
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Time to Depart
- 432 stránok
- 16 hodin čítania
Balbinus Pius, the most notorious gangster in Emperor Vespasian's Rome, has been convicted of a capital crime at last. A quirk of Roman law, however, allows citizens condemned to death "time to depart" and find exile outside the empire. Now as every hoodlum in Rome scrambles to take over Balbinus' operations, private eye Marcus Didius Falco has to deal with an unprecedented wave of crime--and the sneaking suspicion that Balbinus' exile may not really be so permanent after all.
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A dying light in Corduba
- 416 stránok
- 15 hodin čítania
Inimitable sleuth Marcus Didius Falco is back with a vengeance. On one night, a man is killed and Rome's Chief of Spies left for dead. This leaves no one except Falco to conduct the investigation. Soon he is plunged into the fiercely competitive world of olive oil production. Political intrigue, an exotic Spanish dancer and impending fatherhood all add to Falco's troubles.
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Three Hands in the Fountain
- 400 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
First-century Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco seeks a serial killer who keeps leaving the body parts of his murdered victims in the city's water system after festivals
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Two for the lions
- 384 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
Another Falco detective story, set in Rome AD 73. Distracted by the apparent murder of a star man-eating lion, Falco uncovers a bitter rivalry between the gladiators' trainers. When one also ends up dead, Falco is forced to investigate.
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One Virgin Too Many
- 356 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
Marcus Didius Falco is a cynical, hard-boiled investigator living in first-century Rome. His latest case finds him drawn into the world of the Roman religious cults and the murder of a member of the Sacred Brotherhoods.
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`The first concern of an author is to do down his colleagues.'In the long, hot Roman summer of AD 74, Falco, private informer and spare-time poet, gives a reading for his family and friends. A visit to the Chrysippus scriptorium implicates Falco in a gruesome literary murder, so when commissioned to investigate, Falco is forced to accept.
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A Body in the Bath House
- 352 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
AD75, and in Britain King Togidubnus of the Atrebates is running up huge bills for his fine new residence (known to us as Fishbourne Palace). Suspecting corruption, the frugal Emperor Vespasian demands an investigation and Falco - with his own pressing reasons to leave Rome - accepts the task.
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The Jupiter Myth
- 416 stránok
- 15 hodin čítania
`To find a drowned man head-first down a well was slightly unusual, exciting maybe.'For Falco, a relaxed visit to Helena's relatives in Britain turns serious at the scene of a downtown murder.
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Having returned from his trip to Londinium, Falco takes up employment with Africanus and Italicus, preparing an affidavit for the trial of a senator. The prosecution is successful but a month later the senator is dead, apparently by suicide.
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Scandal Takes a Holiday
- 368 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
In the wealthy town of Ostia, Marus Didius Flaco appears to tbe enjoying a relaxing holiday. But when his girlfriend Helena arrives carrying a batch of old copies of the Daily Gazette, Falco is forced to admit to Petronius his real reasons for being there. (Back cover)
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See Delphi and Die
- 320 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
When Falco and Helena hear that a young girl and a newly married woman have been murdered at Olympia, they step in to investigate.
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Saturnalia
- 324 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
It's 76 A.D. during the reign of Vespasian and the Roman holiday of Saturnalia has begun. The days are short; the nights are for wild parties. But not for Marcus Didius Falco. Falco is an informer by trade - his job is to uncover unwelcome truths and deal with sensitive situations, frequently at the behest of the imperial government. And just such a case has arisen. A general has captured a famous enemy of Rome, and brings her home to adorn his eventual Triumph as a ritual sacrifice. But everything goes wrong from there - first she acquires a mysterious illness, then a young man is horrendously murdered and she escapes from house arrest. Marcus Didius Falco, hired to find her and return her to custody before Saturnalia is over, is pitted against his old rival, the Chief Spy Anacrites. The two of them are in a race against time to find the fugitive before the public learns of the situation, making the government look stupid. Falco, however, has other priorities. Helena's brother Justinus has also vanished, perhaps fatally involved once more with the great lost love of his youth. Against the riotous backdrop of the season of misrule, the search seems impossible and only Falco seems to notice that some dark agency is bringing death to the city streets…
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Alexandria
- 288 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
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Nemesis
- 363 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
In the high summer of 77 AD, Roman informer Marcus Didius Falco is beset by personal problems. Newly bereaved and facing unexpected upheavals in his life, it is a relief for him to consider someone else's misfortunes. A middle-aged couple who supplied statues to his father, Geminus, have disappeared in mysterious circumstances.
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NEMESIS
- 304 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
In the summer of 77 AD, Roman informer Marcus Didius Falco grapples with personal issues following a recent loss. Seeking distraction, he investigates the mysterious disappearance of a middle-aged couple who supplied statues to his father.
Falco: The Official Companion
- 256 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
As the girl came running up the steps, I decided she was wearing far too many clothes...So, in 1989, readers were introduced to Marcus Didius Falco, the Roman informer, as he stood on the steps of the Temple of Saturn, looking out across the Forum: the heart of his world.
Lets you learn the author's private background, including her descent from a failed assassin and how atheism improved her knitting.