The Bull Slayer A Plinius Secundus Mystery |
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Author:
| Macbain, Bruce |
ISBN: | 978-1-4596-6083-0 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2013 |
Publisher: | ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $61.99 |
Book Description:
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A turbulent frontier province, rotten with corruption and seething with hatred of Rome - a barbarian god whose devotees may include a murderer - a clever and unscrupulous faith healer who knows everyone's secrets - a boy who struggles toward manhood though stricken with the Sacred Disease: these are the elements in a mystery that Pliny, newly appointed governor of Bithynia, confronts when a high Roman official is found murdered on a desolate hillside, miles from the capital. But as...
More DescriptionA turbulent frontier province, rotten with corruption and seething with hatred of Rome - a barbarian god whose devotees may include a murderer - a clever and unscrupulous faith healer who knows everyone's secrets - a boy who struggles toward manhood though stricken with the Sacred Disease: these are the elements in a mystery that Pliny, newly appointed governor of Bithynia, confronts when a high Roman official is found murdered on a desolate hillside, miles from the capital. But as Pliny pursues one baffling lead after another, he is being betrayed where he least expects it: his beautiful wife, neglected and lonely in an alien city, falls desperately in love with a handsome young provincial - an affair which threatens to bring not only pain but ruin to Pliny's career. All these threads come together in a surprising and tragic finale.