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Steven Saylor (born March 23, 1956) is an American author of historical novels. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied history and Classics. Although he also has written novels about Texas history, Saylor's best-known work is his Roma Sub Rosa series, set in ancient Rome. The novels' hero is a detective named Gordianus the Finder, active during the time of Sulla, Cicero, Julius Caesar, and Cleopatra. He divides his time residing in California and texas. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Roman Blood… (more)
Roman Blood 1,491 copies, 41 reviews
Roma 1,164 copies, 64 reviews
Arms of Nemesis 950 copies, 25 reviews
Catilina's Riddle 927 copies, 21 reviews
The Venus Throw 832 copies, 21 reviews
A Murder on the Appian Way 814 copies, 15 reviews
Rubicon 696 copies, 14 reviews
The House of the Vestals 693 copies, 16 reviews
Last Seen in Massilia 633 copies, 13 reviews
The Judgment of Caesar 629 copies, 19 reviews
A Mist of Prophecies 597 copies, 16 reviews
The Triumph of Caesar 502 copies, 17 reviews
A Gladiator Dies Only Once 459 copies, 11 reviews
Empire 424 copies, 25 reviews
The Seven Wonders 281 copies, 16 reviews
A Twist at the End 207 copies, 2 reviews
Raiders of the Nile 194 copies, 11 reviews
Wrath of the Furies 131 copies, 6 reviews
The Throne of Caesar 101 copies, 9 reviews
Slaves of the Empire 75 copies, 1 review
The Flesh Fables 22 copies, 1 review
Exposed 17 copies
In the Blood 17 copies
The Best of the Badboys (Contributor) 16 copies, 1 review
Beast of Burden 15 copies, 1 review
Big Shots 13 copies
Róma 3 copies
Insecticide 2 copies
Slave 2 copies
Wild West 2 copies
Dominus 2 copies
Rogues (Contributor) 1,169 copies, 46 reviews
Outlaw of Gor (Introduction, some editions) 629 copies, 11 reviews
Warriors (Contributor) 608 copies, 27 reviews
Down These Strange Streets (Contributor) 476 copies, 19 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives (Contributor) 216 copies, 3 reviews
Flesh and the Word: An Anthology of Erotic Writing (Contributor; Pseudonym) 188 copies, 1 review
Classical Whodunits (Contributor) 186 copies, 4 reviews
The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits (Contributor) 149 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits (Introduction; Contributor) 122 copies, 3 reviews
Past Poisons (Contributor) 112 copies, 3 reviews
Flesh and the Word 2: An Anthology of Erotic Writing (Contributor) 108 copies, 2 reviews
Flesh and the Word 3: An Anthology of Erotic Writing (Contributor; Contributor) 96 copies
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