Alexandria (#19 Falco)

Author(s): Lindsey Davis

Fiction

In Roman times, the Seven Ancient Wonders fo the World held a deep fascintation. Two of them were in Egypt" the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Lighthouse at Alexandria. Marcus Didius Falco's wife Helen Justina is deemined to see them before her next confinement. Conveniently, he has and uncle with a house in Alexandria. For this innocent reason (he says) they sail to Egypt. As soon as they arrive in Alexandria, a suspicious death occures at the famous Great Library. The authorities rapidly hand Falco the investigation; he is after all the well-known informer from Rome, and the Emperor Vespasian's fixer. he was one of the last to see the victim alive, and, should the investigation fail, it is he who'll get the blame...


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781846052880
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : 0.385
  • : March 2009
  • : 2.3 Centimeters X 15.5 Centimeters X 23.7 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Lindsey Davis
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 823.914
  • : 288