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Spqr I: The King's Gambit: A Mystery
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Spqr I: The King's Gambit: A Mystery Paperback - 2001

by John Maddox Roberts

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Blackmail, corruption, treachery, murder--the glory that was Rome.

In this Edgar Award-nominated mystery, John Maddox Roberts takes readers back to a Rome filled with violence and evil. Vicious gangs ruled the streets of Crassus and Pompey, routinely preying on plebeian and patrician alike, so the garroting of a lowly ex-slaved and the disembowelment of a foreign merchant in the dangerous Subura district seemed of little consequence to the Roman hierarchy. But Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger--highborn commander of the local vigiles--was determined to investigate. Despite official apathy, brazen bribes, and sinister threates, Decius uncovers a world of corruption at the highest levels of his government that threatens to destroy him and the government he serves.

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I RECEIVED THE CAPTAIN OF THE ward vigiles in my atrium, as I had on every morning since my election to the Commission of Twenty-Six.

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  • Title Spqr I: The King's Gambit: A Mystery
  • Author John Maddox Roberts
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Minotaur Books, New York
  • Publication date 2001-08-24
  • Features Maps
  • ISBN 9780312277055 / 0312277059
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Category Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Historical fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008541773
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

John Maddox Roberts has written numerous works of science fiction and fantasy, in addition to his successful historical SPQR mystery series. SPQR XIII: The Year of Confusion was published in 2010. He lives in New Mexico with his wife.

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