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Loading... Alexandria: A Marcus Didius Falco Novel (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries) (edition 2009)by Lindsey Davis
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Another Falco book - great historical fiction, disguised as detective fiction. Great combo - you get a cocky private detective story, but set in ancient Rome. The historical background is good quality and soundly researched, while the detective fiction is engaging. The result is highly enjoyable escapist fiction. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesMarcus Didius Falco (19)
In A.D. 77, Marcus Didius Falco, agent to the Emperor Vespasian, investigates the mysterious death of the head librarian of the world-famous library of Alexandria, bringing him into immediate conflict with the darker side of academic life. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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Falco quickly finds himself on the trail of dodgy doings, malfeasance, deadly professional rivalry, more bodies and the lowest of the low—book thieves! As the bodies pile up, it’s up to Falco to untangle this horrible mess and restore order to a disordered universe.
Despite being number 19 in the series, this is the first of the Falco books I've picked up and I was at first a little taken aback with the writing style. Having read quite a few historical books, including those set in Rome around the same time, it took a while to get into the modern, lighthearted approach to the storytelling.
However, it was amusing enough to continue with, and the story soon settled down into a reasonable investigative murder inquiry based around deaths in the Alexandria Library. Enjoyable, and would probably read another in the series. ( )