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Caveat emptor : a novel of the Roman Empire / Ruth Downie.

Summary:

In the far reaches of the Roman Empire, there are three certainties in life for Doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso: death, taxes, and angry barbarians. The hero finds himself trapped at the heart of an increasingly treacherous conspiracy involving theft, forgery, buried treasure, and the legacy of Boudica, the rebel queen.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1596916087
  • ISBN: 9781596916081
  • ISBN: 9781608197071
  • Physical Description: 338 pages : map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury USA, [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: Ruso and the river of darkness. London : Penguin, 2011.
Subject:
Physicians > Rome > Fiction.
Romans > Great Britain > Fiction.
Treasure troves > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. > Fiction.
Genre:
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.

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