The Silver Pigs: (Marco Didius Falco: book I): the first novel in the bestselling historical detective series, exposing the criminal underbelly of ancient Rome (Falco, 1)
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The Silver Pigs: (Marco Didius Falco: book I): the first novel in the bestselling historical detective series, exposing the criminal underbelly of ancient Rome (Falco, 1)
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The Silver Pigs is Lindsey Davis' classic novel, which introduced readers around the world to Marcus Didius Falco, a private informer with a knack for trouble, a tendency for bad luck, and a frequently inconvenient drive for justice. Vespasian offers Falco a reward: elevation to the rank of Equestrian, the equivalent of the upper middle class in ancient Rome. The piazza rang with the curses of strings of slaves crisscrossing like a badly organized military display. Publication date 2006 Topics Falco, Marcus Didius (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Helena Justina (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Private investigators -- Rome -- Fiction, Rome -- History -- Vespasian, 69-79 -- Fiction, Great Britain -- History -- To 449 -- Fiction Publisher St. However, there is no justice, as one of the culprits is Domitian, the Emperor's wayward son, and the only other surviving culprit is very close to Helena and her senator father.
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We understand that not everyone can donate right now, but if you can afford to contribute, we promise it will be put to good use. This criminal scheme is described as so large and brazen it threatens the economic security of the empire. Falco is asked to investigate Sosia’s murder, as well as the scheme to steal silver ingots from the mines in Britannia (modern-day England). If you know anything about temples you will realize they have a single imposing entrance at the front. Once there he meets a lady way out of his class, Helena Justina, the daughter of the Senator who hired him, and Sosia's cousin.
He is contacted by Decimus and the new Roman Emperor, Vespasian, who recently claimed the imperial purple after the troubled period historians refer to as “The Year of the Four Emperors. People unlaced their shoes but had to keep them on; not even an elephant could cross the streets unshod.
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He also meets the senator's divorced, sharp-tongued daughter, Helena Justina, and brings her back to Rome where they work with--and against--each other to bring the well-developed plot to its satisfying conclusion. Falco stumbles upon a conspiracy in the trading of silver ingots, but not before it claims the life of a young girl (Sosia Camillina) Falco meets and is smitten with. Roman history and culture are nice accessories for the more durable tool that Davis employs--hilariously good writing. The only exceptions as to dating are in The Silver Pigs and Venus in Copper; however, by the sense and content of the inscriptions and datings in the other 4 books, it can be surmised that their inscription and signing were also done at or near their dates of publication. are each signed and dated at or near their respective dates of publication by the author without inscription on their title pages.Falco discovers a clue that Domitian murdered Sosia—the murder weapon was a pen engraved with the letters T FL DOM, which stands for Titus Flavius Domitian. Lindsey Davis doesn't just bring Rome to life--she brings life to Rome better than anyone else ever has.
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