Catilinas Riddle, Steven Saylor
Catilinas Riddle, Steven Saylor
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Catilinas Riddle

Author: Steven Saylor

Narrator: Scott Harrison

Unabridged: 18 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2012

Synopsis

The year is 63 BC, and Gordianus the Finder unexpectedly achieves the dream of every Roman: owning a farm in the Etruscan countryside. Vowing to leave behind the corruption of Rome, he abandons the city, taking his family with him. This bucolic life, however, is disrupted by the machinations and murderous plots of two politicians. When Gordianus longtime patron Cicero attains his lifelong dream of a coveted consulship, he urgently requests a favor of Gordianus: his help in keeping watch on a radical populist senator, CatilinaCiceros political rival and a candidate to replace him in the annual elections. Against his will, Gordianus finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a maelstrom of deceit and intrigue, uncertain of the dangers and even more uncertain of where his true allegiance lies. When his six-year-old daughter Diana finds a headless corpse in their stable, Gordianus is confronted with the deadliest mystery of his career. Shrewdly depicting deadly political maneuverings, this addictive mystery also displays the authors firm grasp of history and human character.

About Steven Saylor

Steven Saylor is the author of the long running Roma Sub Rosa series featuring Gordianus the Finder, as well as the New York Times bestselling novel, Roma and its follow-up, Empire. He has appeared as an on-air expert on Roman history and life on The History Channel. Saylor was born in Texas and graduated with high honors from The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied history and classics. He divides his time between Berkeley, California, and Austin, Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clemens on November 04, 2024

This most remarkable historical novel is the 8th volume, chronologically speaking, of the amazing "Gordianus the Finder" mystery series. Storytelling is absolutely wonderful, all characters, whether real historical or fantastic fictional, come vividly to life in this great book, while also the hostil......more

Goodreads review by Shawn on March 27, 2011

This fourth in the Roma Sub Rosa series is nominally a murder mystery, but it's one of the best pieces of historical fiction I think I've ever read. It's certainly the best so far in this series. As Catalina and Cicero scheme and plot against one another in ancient Rome, they both use Gordianus the......more

Goodreads review by Seth on November 07, 2007

This is the longest, densest, and oddest of the Roma Sub Rosa series. It contains relatively little dialog, much introspection on the nature of Roman politics and Roman virtue, detailed accounts of the processes of Roman government and legal life (voting, debate in the senate, the extremely detailed......more

Goodreads review by Marta on September 05, 2023

Muito interessante este 3º livro da saga Sub Rosa. Encontramos um Gordiano mais maduro, já quarentão, a viver na quinta que herdou de Lúcio Cláudio no final do colume anterior. Logo de início é instado a receber o polémico Catilina na sua casa e é sujeito ao seu enigma. O mais interessante nos livro......more

Goodreads review by Mary on November 01, 2023

I couldn't read this book fast enough but conversely I wanted to savour every chapter. What a masterpiece, Gordianus has retired from Rome at forty seven he is now a gentleman farmer (thanks to the.benevolence of his friend Luscious) and while he sometimes feels nostalgia for his old life is quite ha......more

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