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Hodder & Stoughton
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English
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From renowned author Lindsey Davis, creator of the much-loved character Marcus Didius Falco and his friends and family, comes the fourth novel in her all-new series set in ancient Rome. Albia has unique insight into life in ancient Rome, and she puts it to good use going places no man could go, and asking questions no man could ask.
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Flavia Albia mystery volume 9
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Language
English
Description
"Saturnalia, the Romans' mid-December feast, nominally to celebrate the sun's rebirth but invariably a drunken riot. Flavia Albia needs a case to investigate, but all work is paused. The Aventine is full of fracturing families. Wives plot to leave their husbands, husbands plot to spend more time with their mistresses. Masters must endure slaves taking obscene liberties, while aggressive slaves are learning to ape dangerous masters. But no one wants...
4) Fatal legacy
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Hodder & Stoughton
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English
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An unpaid bar bill leads Flavia Albia to her most bitter and complex case yet. Decades earlier, Appius Tranquillus Surus wrote his will: it freed his enslaved people and bequeathed his businesses to them. He left an orchard to the Prisci, a family he was friendly with, on the condition that his freedmen could still take its harvest. The convoluted arrangement has led to a feud between the two families, each of which has its own internal strife. Endless...
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