02420cam a2200325 4500 534545939 TxAuBib 20211117120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781615952557 1615952551 95fe1c20-b8e7-446f-9b7a-e4f53c3672ae OverDrive (Reserve ID) 643301 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Macbain, Bruce. Roman Games [Libby eBook] : Plinius Secundus Series Series, Book 1. Sourcebooks, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 726kB. Format: OverDrive Open EPUB eBook, Filesize: 726kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. detective. HTML:<p><strong>"Macbain's debut novel convincingly re-creates everyday life in ancient Rome, weaving real and fictional characters with aplomb."—Kirkus Reviews</strong></p> <p>When the body of Sextus Verpa, a notorious senatorial informer and libertine, is found stabbed to death in his bedroom, suspicion falls on his household slaves—a potential death sentence for all.</p> <p>The cruel emperor, Domitian, orders Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus—known to history as Pliny the Younger—to investigate. However, the Ludi Romani (the Roman Games) have just begun, and for the next fifteen days the law courts are in recess. If Pliny can't identify the murderer in that time, Verpa's entire slave household will be burned alive in the arena.</p> <p>Pliny teams up with Martial, a starving author of bawdy verses and hanger-on to the city's glitterati, to unravel a plot that involves Jewish and Christian "atheists," exotic Egyptian cultists, Rome's own pantheon of gods, and a missing horoscope that forecasts the emperor's death....</p>. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-16 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=95FE1C20-B8E7-446F-9B7A-E4F53C3672AE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=95FE1C20-B8E7-446F-9B7A-E4F53C3672AE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=95FE1C20-B8E7-446F-9B7A-E4F53C3672AE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Open EPUB eBook)