Review Quotes Davis mixes Modern sensibility fascinating historical detail. Lindsey Davis Shadows in Bronze is historical mystery at its best. He also stumbles across Helena Justina, conveniently also on a trip out of town, who might, unwittingly, be enmeshed in this dangerous, treasonous scheme. Disguised as vacationer in the company of his comrade Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine Watch, Falco travels south to Neapolis, Capreae and Pompeii where he discovers a conspiracy involving the Egyptian grain shipment to Rome. So when Emperor Vespasian assigns Falco a task that will take him out of Rome, he cant wait. The high-born woman he fell in love with, Helena Justina, has broken off their stormy, impossible affair. Its the first century CE in Rome and informer and occasional imperial agent Marcus Didius Falco is miserable. Book Synopsis Some men are born lucky, others are called Didius Falco. About the Book Originally published: London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990.
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