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Series (with order)

Roderick Alleyn (26)

Canonical Title

When in Rome

Original publication date

1970

People/Characters

Roderick Alleyn (Detective-Superintendent)

Bergarmi (il vice-questore)

Sonia Dorne Braceley (Lady Braceley)

Father Denys (Dominican)

Brother Dominic (Dominican)

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Rome, Italy

221B Baker Street, London, England, UK

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For H.E. The Ambassador and Mrs McIntosh and the Staff of the Residence, New Zealand Embassy in Rome who made it possible

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Barnaby Grant looked at the Etruscan Bride and Bridegroom who reclined so easily on their sarcophagal couch and wondered why they had died young and whether, as in Verona, they had died together.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0425039218, Mass Market Paperback)

The man called Cicerone was the jet-set guide to Rome. His tour of the unconventional sights attracted the wealthy and the famous--as well as Inspector Roderick Alleyn, whose holiday ended abruptly when he found that one of the "sights" was an ancient stone sarcophagus containing a very modern corpse!

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