- Fiction, Gordianus the Finder (Fictitious character), History, Rome
Nine crime stories featuring Gordianus the Finder, a detective in ancient Rome who marries his slave. Part mystery, part a social history of the period from the end of Sulla's dictatorship to the Spartacan slave revolt.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and cool.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Steven Saylor
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 275
- Publisher
- Constable & Robinson, Booket, St. Martin's Paperbacks
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English, Polish
- ISBN
- 9781597223140
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