Saturnalia, Lindsey Davis
Saturnalia, Lindsey Davis
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Saturnalia
A Marcus Didius Falco Novel

Author: Lindsey Davis

Narrator: Christian Rodska

Unabridged: 12 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/15/2008

Synopsis

It is the Roman holiday of Saturnalia. The days are short, the nights are for wild parties. A general has captured a famous enemy of Rome and brings her home to adorn his triumph as a ritual sacrifice. The logistics go wrong: she acquires a mystery illness—then a young man is horrendously murdered and she escapes from house arrest.Marcus Didius Falco is pitted against his old rival, the chief spy Anacrites, in a race to find the fugitive before her presence angers the public and makes the government look stupid. Falco has other priorities, for Helena’s brother Justinus has also vanished, perhaps fatefully involved once more with the great lost love of his youth.Against the riotous backdrop of the season of misrule, the search seems impossible—and only Falco appears to notice that some dark agency is bringing death to the city streets.

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 Christian Rodska

Christian Rodska has worked in theaters all over the United Kingdom and in the West End, and he has recorded hundreds of radio plays and poetry programs. Over the last thirty years he has worked regularly in television, from early programs such as Follyfoot and Doomwatch, to Taggart, Sharpe, and Wycliffe. He has recorded over one hundred audiobooks and has won several awards, including fourteen AudioFile Earphones Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen

It's the festival of Saturnalia, and our pal Marcus is asked to find an escaped prisoner, who may be shacked up with one of his in-laws, before the city spies find her. A lot of tension is generated. Probably the best in the series I've read so far.......more

Goodreads review by Clemens

**Should Read as 4.5 Stars!** Read this book in 2014, and its the 18th volume of the magnificent Marcus Didius Falco series. Its Saturnalia, the end of the year, when days are short and nights are long, and misrule is allowed to take place during this festival. But what will take place for Falco is any......more

Goodreads review by George

Saturnalia is the 18th book by Lindsey Davis in the Marcus Didius Falco series featuring a private investigator during the Vespasian reign of the Roman Empire. In Saturnalia, we again meet the Germanic princess, Veleda (whose name, incidentally, is an anagram for my wife’s name), first encountered i......more

Goodreads review by Assaph

Falco goes back to revisit a character from book 4 (the Iron Hand of Mars) and solve an historical puzzle Expect a tale of murder, foreign prophetess, annoying arch-nemesis, and general holiday mayhem as Davis offers her own ideas about what happened to Veleda. Be aware that while it's not necessary t......more

Quotes

“Davis has mastered the art of…blending humor with history.” Philadelphia Inquirer

“Davis does her usual sound job of bringing first-century Rome to life.” Publishers Weekly

“Davis serves up a huge cast of characters and colorful descriptions of daily life in Saturnalia…Sure to please readers with an affinity for ancient history.” Booklist

“The latest entry in Davis’s long-running series boasts a straightforward mystery along with her usual double helping of historical detail.” Kirkus Reviews

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