First-century Smyrna comes alive as the scene of a horrific murder. Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, and Luke, travelers in a caravan bound for Rome, become investigators when no Roman magistrates are available. Suspects abound: gamblers, arcane priestesses and Christians. What is the secret of one of the victims own slaves, a beautiful blond, and the German giant shadowing her? This description may be from another edition of this product.
It's 83 A.D. and Pliny the Younger, with his friend Tacitus, is en route to Rome after a tour of duty in Antioch. While stopping over in Smyrna, a gruesome murder occurs, throwing Pliny into the role of a 1st Century Sherlock Holmes. Before we learn who dunnit, Mr. Bell treats us to a romp through the byways and highways of ancient Smyrna while at the same time painlessly illuminating for us the laws and customs of the 1st...
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Set in the world of the first century Roman Empire, Pliny the Younger teams up with his friends Taciiitus the historian and the Christian physician Luke who is composing the story of his crucificed god Jesus, to solve an horrific murder in the ancient community of Smyrna. Superbly illustrasted with 30 line drawings by William Martin Johnson that original appeared in the firrst edition of Lew Wallace's 19th Centuryt novel "Ben...
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If a writer wants to introduce a new series in the somewhat crowded field of Roman mysteries, he'd better have a unique twist. Albert Bell has done that. Instead of fictional sleuths, he uses historical characters, Pliny the Younger and the historian Tacitus, in the first of what promises to be a fine series. Bell combines historical knowledge, witty writing, and a plot with just enough complications and suspects to lead...
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The field of mysteries set in ancient Rome is a bit crowded, with Davis, Saylor, and Roberts, but this new entry deserves to take its place at the head of the line. It features an historical character, Pliny the Younger, with his friend the historian Tacitus playing the Dr. Watson role. While traveling back to Rome in a caravan in 83 AD, they stop overnight in Smyrna. The next morning they discover that a member of the...
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High Country Publishers has won another great author from the larger publishing houses. Albert Bell asked an Internet mystery-discussion board for the name of a publisher for his sixth book, a historical mystery set in the Roman Empire of the first century CE [although the tone of this book begs the more traditional AD]. Bell found HCP's Senior Editor, a Roman history buff, and HCP is bringing out ALL ROADS next year.Bell,...
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