Master and God, Lindsey Davis
Master and God, Lindsey Davis
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Master and God
A Novel of the Roman Empire

Author: Lindsey Davis

Narrator: Robin Sachs

Unabridged: 15 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/05/2012

Synopsis

Lindsey Davis’ Master and God is a vastly entertaining historical novel set in the reign of the Emperor Domitian in First Century Rome. It is on the one hand a love story between Gaius Vinius Clodianus, a valiant but reluctant member of the Praetorian Guard, whose military career is as successful as his marital history is disastrous, and Flavia Lucilla, daughter of a freed slave, and hairdresser to the ladies of the imperial household. A devastating fire in Rome brings them together as apartment-mates whose relationship survives separation and the apparent death of Gaius, evolving into a bond of real passion and understanding. It is also the story of the seizure of power by the Emperor Domitian, his increasing paranoia and madness as he styles himself Master and God. As Domitian’s cruelties to his enemies and those he only thinks are enemies grows, the future of Rome demands desperate measures, measures that demand Gaius choose between his sworn duty to protect the Emperor becoming part of the forces arrayed against him.

About Lindsey Davis

Lindsey Davis is an English novelist of historical fiction and best known for her award-winning historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire, the acclaimed Marcus Didius Falco series and the Flavia Albia series. Her novels have won numerous awards, including the Crime Writers’ Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award and in 2011 the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association for lifetime achievement. Born and raised in Birmingham, England, she read English at Oxford and worked for the civil service for thirteen years before becoming a writer.

About Robin Sachs

Robin Sachs (1951–2013), actor and narrator, was raised in London and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His audiobook narrations earned ten Earphones Awards. His acting credits include Alias, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dynasty, Nowhere Man, Babylon 5, Diagnosis Murder, Galaxy Quest, Northfork, Ocean’s 11, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and Megalodon.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by trekfann on 2014-05-21 22:31:36

Not as interesting as the blurb on the back made it out to be. I quit reading this at about page 73. Someone on Amazon only made it to 64 I was hoping that it would pick up sooner, rather than later, but when theres a housefly POV is when Ive got give up. Theres a better story on the rise and fall of Domitian in Empire: The Novel of Imperial Rome by Steven Saylor.

Goodreads review by Clemens

**Should read as 4.5 Stars!** Read this book in 2014, and its a standalone tale about Emperor Domitian seen through the eyes of and told by way of two people who'll play a major part in this great novel, the Praetorian Guard, Gaius Vinius Clodianus and Flavia Lucilla, who's tending the privileged wom......more

Goodreads review by Terence

Master and God chronicles the reign of Domitian (AD 81-96)* through the lives of Gaius Vinius Clodianus, who rises through the ranks to become cornicularius (chief-of-staff) of the Praetorian Guard (view spoiler)[and who, in Davis' telling, provides the killing thrust when the emperor is assassinated (hide spoiler)] , and Flavia L......more

Quotes

“Detailed and witty recounting of ancient Roman life, public and private, from the sure-handed Davis.”
Kirkus Reviews

“Davis layers modern dialog and sensibilities on a lavishly described historical setting, creating a novel that is detailed and well paced.”
Library Journal

“As we’ve come to expect, Davis’s descriptions of Rome are vivid and lively…a great yarn.”
Daily Mirror

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