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Raiders Of The Nile (2014)

by Steven Saylor(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1250015979 (ISBN13: 9781250015976)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Minotaur Books

series

Ancient World

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. This particular book isn't quite as good as the previous "prequel" book, Seven Wonders (wherein Gordianus visits, and solves a mystery at, each of the Seven Wonder of the Ancient world), but it's still a solid entry. If you haven't read the others, start with the first book in the series, Roman Blood, and work your way through them all.
review 2: Ah, Gordianus. He's decently humble, self-deprecating, and good-humored, which helps me accept the fact that in almost every one of his books, ... morehe walks into a room when invited by a dangerous stranger, only to have the stranger ply him with good wine, good conversation (because Dangerous Stranger has noticed that Gordianus is Insert Adjective here), and a future alliance. Also, Dangerous Stranger usually hires Gordianus for a job, with money being no object.This was my "read in the car" book this week, with Dos Equis "most interesting man in the world" commercials playing on my radio, and when I got to the part where Gordianus pulls the *redacted* from the *redacted,* I thought "He is the most interesting man in the Roman Empire." less

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