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En esta ocasión Falco va a la playa de Ostia a reposar y hacer algunas visitas familiares. Pero, como siempre ocurre, no podrá descansar, porque deberá enfrentarse a la misteriosa desaparición de un afamado comentarista de los amorios y desventuras de los principales ciudadanos romanos. Son muchos los que estan encantados con esta desaparicion, pero las indagaciones de Falco pronto lo ponen sobre la pista de un pirata, en contacto con un jove auriga, una muchacha de romaticas ideas y toda una esplendida galeria de personajes secundarios que normalmente no hacen mas que complicarle la vida a nuestro protagonista.El del periodismo rosa y sus limites parece ser que ya era todo un tema en la Roma antigua, y eso a Lindsey Davis le permite hacer un ironico paralelismo con nuestro tiempo.Mary Renault, autora de referencia en el ambito de la novela historica, dedico una amplia trilogia a uno de los personajes mas fascinantes de todos los tiempos, Alejandro Magno. Su profundo conocimiento del personaje, que analizo tambien en una excelente biografia, le permiten explorar las diversas facetas de un hombre poliedrico y de riquisima personalidad, que aborda ademas desde distintos puntos de vista en cada una de las novelas que conforman esta trilogia.

Marcus Didius Falco, ancient Rome''s hangdog investigator, hates sharing a cell with a rodent - though being bailed by his mother is almost as embarassing. His girlfriend can''t decide if she wants him and Titus Caesar''s reward for past services is a wet fish. Hoping for a better life, or at least a better apartment, he takes on new clients.

Marcus Didius Falco and his laddish friend Petronius find their local fountain has been blocked- by a gruesomely severed human hand. Soon other body parts are being found in the aqueducts and sewers. Public panic overcomes official indifference, and the Aventine partners are commissioned to investigate.

Acosado por su aristocrática esposa, Falco se embarca con destino a Alejandría con el propósito de visitar algunas de las siete maravillas del mundo. Sin embargo, al poco de su llegada aparece un cadaver en la celebre biblioteca de esa ciudad, y eso le involucra en una investigacion que le llevara a conocer a fondo los entresijos de las pequeñas luchas politicas en el seno de una institucion cultural tan emblematica como la Biblioteca de Alejandria. Como siempre en Davis, su texto puede trasladarse facilmente a nuestros dias y a la mayoria de entidades culturales.Solo Lindsey Davis es capaz de situar una novela historica en el antiguo Egipto sin rozar siquiera ninguno de los topicos al uso.Con esta novela se conmemoran los 20 años de la creacion del personaje Marco Didio Falco y curiosamente sus 20 novelas publicadas en Edhasa ("La carrera del honor" no pertenece a la serie de Falco).Lindsey Davis ha recibido con esta obra el Premio Honorifico de Novela Historica Ciudad de Zaragoza.Peter Tremayne (Coventry, 1943) es el seudonimo empleado por uno de los mas prestigiosos historiadores de la cultura celta en sus obras de ficcion. Su nombre se ha popularizado gracias al ciclo narrativo dedicado a sor Fidelma, traducida a una docena de lenguas y considerada por criticos y lectores como la sucesora n...

For Marcus Didius Falco, agent to the Emperor Vespasian, Alexandria holds fascination and a hint of fear. Beautiful, historic and famously unruly, the great cosmopolitan city wears Roman rule lightly. While his wife, Helena Justina, wants to see the Lighthouse and the Pyramids, Falco has a mission at the Great Library that soon turns out to involve much more than stock-taking its innumerable scrolls. A mysterious death in the world-famous library bring him into immediate conflict with the darker side of academic life. With forensic science in its infancy, even an illegal autopsy fails to find real answers.To solve the crime for the Roman Prefect - if indeed it is a crime - Falco will have to draw on his own doggedness and intuition, at first supported only by Helena's commonsense and the loyal backup of her brother Aulus, who goes under cover as a student among the in-fighting academics. The philosophers lust after fame and fortune so ruthlessly there is soon another terrifying death, this time at the royal zoo. At the same time, his original innocent mission is overshadowed by the machinations of his Uncle Fulvius, who is living in Alexandria with his partner Cassius for obscure reasons. Their involvement in local affairs already seems shady when they are joined by their crony, Falco's father, Geminus, a man well known for disreputable business practices. If the irrepressible Pa has had any hand in what has gone wrong at the Library, Falco knows he stands no chance...

Rebels and Traitors" is an absolute epic masterpiece, poignant and convincing characterisation and razor-sharp historical realism.

Segundo volumen de la serie que tiene como protagonista a Marco Didio Falco, detective de la época de Vespasiano. Un periplo por la Italia del año 70 d.C., además de una deliciosa y divertidísima ave

En el verano del año 72 Marco Didio Falco y su novia Helena Justina regresan a Roma. Durante su ausencia, su amigo el oficial Petronio Longo ha conseguido llevar ante los tribunales a uno de los jefes del hampa romana. Pero las cosas pronto se complican.

''Rats are always bigger than you expect.''Marcus Didius Falco, ancient Rome''s hangdog investigator, hates sharing a cell with a rodent - though being bailed by his old mother is almost as embarrassing. His highborn girlfriend can''t decide if she wants him and Titus Caesar'' reward for past services is a wet fish. Hoping for a better life, or at least a better apartment, he takes on new clients.On the elegant slopes of the Pincian Hill, three nouveaux riches freedmen with two flashy wives are under siege by a clever redhead. Severina Zotica has a foul-mouthed parrot, an odd connection with a snake dancer - and a very suspicious past. As he pursues this flame-haired fortune-hunter, Falco finds himself beset by violent rent-racketeers, poisoners, and women without consciences who have dangerous designs on him.

Un día cualquiera del año 70 a. C., sin acontecimientos especiales para un hombre como Marco Didio Falco: deshacerse de algún que otro cadáver, seguir la pista de un complot contra el emperador o conseguir algun pequeño beneficio traficando con plomo robado. Pero el trabajo rutinario del mas sarcastico y desengañado investigador de la Roma Imperial da un vuelco cuando el azar le pone sobre el rastro de Barnadas, un extraño personaje que parece tener algo personal contra Didio Falco.

Las cosas no marchan bien en Roma para Marco Didio Falco, que debe aceptar una misión en Oriente para ganarse la vida. Junto a su inseparable Helena Justina, se integrarán en una compañía de teatro en la que se han producido varios asesinatos.

Marco Didio Falco cree tener entre manos un trabajo sencillo, pero en realidad deberá enfrentarse a una compleja conspiración que pretende derribar al emperador Vespasiano. Vertiginoso y divertido relato policial en la Roma del siglo I. Disponible guia de lectura gratuita para profesores. Edicion de bolsillo.

Rome is in chaos The empire of a mobster chief is falling apart following his death Rivals fearsome relatives and associates are taking up position to vie for the spoils With hideous murders in the streets of Rome a lone female traveller arrives with an agenda of her own But when her corpse is dragged out of the river bearing signs of foul play Flavia Alba is drawn in concerned about her fellow Briton s fate Alba s quest to find the killer becomes deeply personal when she discovers a man at the centre of the plot is an old adversary of hers Will she be obsessed by revenge Can she let the past go or will it consume her

De nuevo en Roma tras su peligrosa misión en Hispania, Marco Didio Falco intenta dar un nuevo impulso a su vida profesional asociándose con su viejo amigo Petronio, al tiempo que lidia con sus endémicos problemas familiares. Pero un macabro y espectacular caso vendra a alterar todos sus planes: Un asesino en serie que tiene atemorizadas a todas las muchachas romanas esta sembrando de manos humanas los sistemas de canalizacion de aguas de la capital del Imperio. Nadie como Falco para resolver un enigma como este.

Nobody was poisoned at the dinner for the society of Olive Oil Producers of Baetica, though in retrospect this was quite a surprise.... Inimitable detective M.Didius Falco is back with a vengeance. Muggings occur, a man is killed and Rome's answer to Philip Marlowe is plunged into the fiercely competitive world of olive oil- production. Political intrigue, an exotic Spanish dancer and impending fatherhood, all ad to Falco's troubles. Along the way are Helena Justina, stubborn Senators daughter and Falco's sometime girlfriend, and Anacrites, the reptilian spy master, not to mention an old enemy from out hero's past out to make trouble......

La vida del joven Vespasiano: su carrera política, sus amores, sus intrigas y luchas de poder.... Todo ello contado desde la óptica de una esclava de la que estuvo enamorada y a la que su posición po

The next gripping Ancient Roman mystery in the bestselling Flavia Albia series.A tragic accident . . . or was it?Emperor Domitian has been awarded (or rather, has demanded) yet another Triumph to celebrate two so-called victories. Preparations are going smoothly until one of the men overseeing arrangements for the celebration accidentally falls to his death from a cliff on the symbolic Capitoline Hill.But Flavia Albia suspects there's more to the incident than meets the eye, as there are plenty of people who would have been delighted to be rid of the overseer. He was an abusive swine who couldn't organise a booze-up in a winery and was caught up in a number of scams, including one surrounding the supply of imperial purple dye and a family of shellfish-boilers.As Flavia finds herself drawn into a theatrical world of carnival floats, musicians, incense and sacrificial beasts, can she see to the heart of the matter and catch those responsible for the unpopular man's untimely death?

With Titus Caesar in pursuit of his patrician girlfriend Helena, Marcus Didius Falco, the louche Roman sleuth is sent out of the way on an undercover mission to Roman Germany, where there has been trouble with the natives. There he must exercise his doubtful diplomatic skills on the very uncivil Civilis, a one-eyed Batavian rebel chieftain and must also persuade Veleda, a sinister tribal prophetess to desist from incessant rabble-rousing. But every rustling leaf heralds the approach of ancient ghosts, headhunting tribesmen, or primeval animals....