Books by Steven Saylor
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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...
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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: 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: Gordianus has returned from Egypt, and Bethesda has been cured of her illness in the sacred Nile. Pompey has been defeated and Cleopatra is Queen of Egypt, thanks to help from Caesar and his legions. Caesar has returned to Rome and no one knows whether he plans to be a dictator, ...
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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: This is the first time I read a book in this genre and setting. While I enjoyed reading the detailed descriptions of the characters, I felt that parts of the story were repetitive (read Triumphs). Also, the pace of the story felt uneven since Gordanius' deductions did not keep up...