Ancient World (4 books in series)
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review 1: 3.5*** I enjoyed this encounter with a young Gordianus, although he seemed a bit dense at times (maybe just youthful distraction?) His time among the pirate gang was roughly equal to the time spent on the journey to the "Cuckoo's nest". His inability to admit his love for a 'les...
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review 1: I'm a long-time fan of Stephen Saylor, and his Roma Sub Rosa series of mysteries sent in Ancient Rome, featuring a "detective" known as Gordianus the Finder. The mysteries themselves are usually fine, but what's always fascinating (to me) are the details of life in Ancient Rom. T...
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review 1: Good. A fun collection of short stories that are well brought together with a preface and then a particularly good final chapter which gives the whole whole book a bigger sense of narrative. The individual short stories are otherwise completely standalone, and based around a vi...
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review 1: The Seven Wonders tells about the youthful travels of a character who continues to appear in many of the author's, Steven Saylor, other books. Gordianus is a Roman-citizen, only 18 at this point, who embarks on a "world tour" with his former teacher, a Greek. Many mysteries ens...