Roman blood
Subtitle: a mystery of ancient Rome
By: Steven Saylor
Publisher: Robinson
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9781845292485
Subjects: Fiction
Description: 80 BC: Gordianus accepts a commission from Cicero to investigate a murder while Rome is under the thumb of a brutal dictator. The client is Sextus Roscius, who was accused of parricide. The novel is derived from Cicero's Murder Trials and features Marcus Tullius Tiro among others.
Notes: Originally published: U.S.: Ballantine, 1991; London: Robinson, 1997.