The Silver Pigs: (Marco Didius Falco: book I): the first novel in the bestselling historical detective series, exposing the criminal underbelly of ancient Rome (Falco, 1)

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In Davis's 12th Marcus Didius Falco story (after 2000's One Virgin Too Many), the Roman informer, a sort of Columbo in a dirty toga, investigates a Continue reading » Aventine Sector, Thirteenth District. South of the Circus Maximus, heading for the Ostia Road." As reassuring as a shark's grin to a flounder. She would have been warned about places like this. If her loving old nurses knew what they were doing, she had been warned about fellows like me. The Silver Pigs is a 1989 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the first book in the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. Set in Rome and Britannia during AD 70, just after the year of the four emperors, the novel stars Marcus Didius Falco, informer and imperial agent. The book's title refers to 200-pound lead ingots "pigs" filled with silver ore and stolen from Roman Britain, [1] which feature prominently in the plot. [2] Plot summary [ edit ] I grabbed the girl and hared up the Temple steps. Scarcely pausing to admire the dignified beauty of the Ionic portico, I pulled her through the six columns and into the inner sanctum. She squeaked; I kept going at speed. It was cool enough to make us shiver and dark enough to make me sweat. There was an old, old smell. Our footsteps rang fast and sharp on the ancient stone floor.

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The Rome of Davis' imagination is licentious and entertaining.” — San Jose Mercury News on THE MARCUS DIDIUS FALCO SERIES

A pure delight… brilliantly [immerses] us in the marvels of ancient Roman life.” — Good Book Guide on The Accusers Davis immediately engages the reader's sympathies in her fine 20th ancient Roman historical featuring informer Marcus Didius Falco (after 2009's Alexandria) with her moving depiction of the death of Continue reading » The Silver Pigs (1989) is a historical mystery by Lindsey Davis. Set in the year 70 A.D., the setting is split between Rome and Britannia, featuring several real historical personages as characters. Davis's 14th clever, witty adventure (after 2001's A Body in the Bathhouse) starring the suave Marcus Didius Falco, from Ancient Rome, finds the Continue reading » Davis (The Iron Hand of Mars) introduces a bright new figure in the brisk fifth novel in her series starring Marcus Didius Falco, free-lance ``informer'' in Rome during the first century A.D. Falco's Continue reading »

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Roman history and culture are nice accessories for the more durable tool that Davis employs--hilariously good writing.” — Washington Post Book World on Last Act in Palmyra

Vespasian offers Falco a reward: elevation to the rank of Equestrian, the equivalent of the upper middle class in ancient Rome. Normally, a citizen would have to own a substantial amount of property to attain such a rank. This would allow Falco and Helena to marry; Falco’s status is far too low for Helena, and their marriage would result in shame for her. However, Falco interprets this as a bribe for his silence concerning the crimes of Domitian and Decimus; out of loyalty to Sosia, he refuses. I wondered what to do. "Manners!" I chided thoughtfully, as the jellybrains came within five paces. urn:oclc:59794039 Republisher_date 20121018174318 Republisher_operator [email protected] Scandate 20121017223343 Scanner scribe11.shenzhen.archive.org Scanningcenter shenzhen Source

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She veered around me; I sidestepped politely. She dodged; I dodged. I had come to the Forum to visit my banker; I felt glum. I greeted this smouldering apparition with the keenness of a man who needs troubles taken off his mind. Talk about capital punishment: in the Rome of A.D. 73, top criminals are torn to pieces by a specially trained lion. And when that lion is himself found murdered with a spear, who better than Marcus Continue reading » Set in Rome in 89 C.E., Davis’s sequel to 2013’s The Ides of April boasts a strong female lead. Flavia Albia, the adopted daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, who starred in his own 20-book Continue reading » The whole thing is splendid. It has everything, mystery, pace, wit, fascinating scholarship – Ellis Peters

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