One Virgin Too Many
by Lindsey Davis
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- Paperback
- Condition
- used - very good/none - paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0099799715
- ISBN 13
- 9780099799719
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About This Item
This book is in very good condition, one fold on front cover, some folds on corners of back and front covers. No markings inner pages, spine intact, no creases. "Marcus Didius Falco, the cynical, hard-boiled investigator from the rough end of Rome, is back from a difficult mission in North Africa. As a result of his hard work, Emperor Vespasian awards Falco with the title of Procurator of Poultry for the Senate & People of Rome, or keeper of the city's sacred geese. Not much of a salary, of course, but the title does give him a better standing with his in-laws. Now, all Falco wants is to spend time relaxing at home with his family. But there is no rest for Falco as he finds himself drawn into the world of the Roman religious cults...& the murder of a member of the Sacred Brotherhoods. And then there's the disappearance of the most likely new candidate for the Order of Vestal Virgins. Falco soon uncovers a sinister cover-up & is too deeply involved to back away from the truth." Good Reads "Lindsey Davis, historical novelist, was born in Birmingham, England in 1949. Having taken a degree in English literature at Oxford University (Lady Margaret Hall), she became a civil servant. She left the civil service after 13 years, and when a romantic novel she had written was runner up for the 1985 Georgette Heyer Historical Novel Prize, she decided to become a writer, writing at first romantic serials for the UK women's magazine Woman's Realm.
Her interest in history and archaeology led to her writing a historical novel about Vespasian and his lover Antonia Caenis (The Course of Honour), for which she couldn't find a publisher. She tried again, and her first novel featuring the Roman "detective", Marcus Didius Falco, The Silver Pigs, set in the same time period and published in 1989, was the start of her runaway success as a writer of historical whodunnits. A further nineteen Falco novels and Falco: The Official Companion have followed, as well as The Course of Honour, which was finally published in 1998. Rebels and Traitors, set in the period of the English Civil War, was published in September 2009. Davis has won many literary awards, and was honorary president of the Classical Association from 1997 to 1998." Good Reads
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One Virgin Too Many is a crime novel by Lindsey Davis.
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- Bookseller
- Ohkwaho Books and Fine Art (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 809-2023
- Title
- One Virgin Too Many
- Author
- Lindsey Davis
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- none - paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0099799715
- ISBN 13
- 9780099799719
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000-08-22
- Pages
- 326
- Size
- 11 x 2.1 x 17.8 cm
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