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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
On a chill January evening in 56 B.C., two strange visitors to Rome - an Egyptian ambassador and a eunuch priest - seek out Gordianus the Finder whose specialty is solving murders. But the ambassador, a philosopher named Dio, has come to ask for something Gordianus cannot give - help in staying alive. Before the night is out, he will be murdered. Now Gordianus begins his most dangerous case. Hired to investigate Dio's death by a beautiful woman with a scandalous reputation, he will follow a trail of political intrigue into the highest circles of power and the city's most hidden arenas of debauchery. There Gordianus will learn nothing is as it seems - not the damning evidence he uncovers, not the suspect he sends to trial, not even the real truth behind Dio's death which lies in secrets - not of state, but of the heart.
Steven Saylor is the author of the long running series featuring Gordianus the Finder as well as the New York Times bestselling novel, Roma. He has appeared as an on-air expert on Roman history and life on The History Channel. He divides his time between Berkeley, California, and Austin, Texas.
On a chill January evening in 56 B.C., two strange visitors to Rome—an Egyptian ambassador and a eunuch priest—seek out Gordianus the Finder whose specialty is solving murders. But the ambassador, a philosopher named Dio, has come to ask for something Gordianus cannot give—help in staying alive. Before the night is out, he will be murdered.
Now Gordianus begins his most dangerous case. Hired to investigate Dio's death by a beautiful woman with a scandalous reputation, he will follow a trail of political intrigue into the highest circles of power and the city's most hidden arenas of debauchery. There Gordianus will learn nothing is as it seems—not the damning evidence he uncovers, not the suspect he sends to trial, not even the real truth behind Dio's death which lies in secrets—not of state, but of the heart. "Imaginative . . . Saylor's style is smooth . . . An absorbing look at a time when men tried to rule themselves wisely and failed."— San Francisco Chronicle"Saylor writes with vision and clarity, balancing sound historical scholarship with a gift for storytelling."— Anniston Star
"Engrossing . . . Intensely dramatic . . . Erotic, funny, compelling . . . A bona fide page-turner."— Detroit Free Press"Steven Saylor transports you to Ancient Rome with spellbinding effectiveness."— Austin Chronicle"Finely etched historical background . . . The finest flower yet of Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series."—Kirkus Reviews
"Engrossing . . . Simmering with eroticism . . . An absorbing brew of Rome's decay."—Publishers Weekly
Table of Contents
CHRONOLOGY
Part One: NEX [death, usually violent death: murder]
Part Two: NOXIA [a fault or offense: a crime]
Part Three: NOX [the goddess Night, sister of Eros; blindness; gloom]
Part Four: NEXUS [a binding or tying together]
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
This is number 4 in the "Gordinius the Finder" series: Start with number 1, Roman Blood, to get a sense of flow and development of the characters. After reading Roman Blood you will want to continue with this book Arms of Nemesis, which shares the same great traits as the first book in the series. My review for Roman Blood is:
This excellent historical fiction mystery has 1) an interesting story and 2) a believable, detailed sense of time and place that drops the reader right into the ... Read More
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When his past philosophical mentor, Egyptian philoisopher Dio of Alexandria, comes seeking is help at staying alive, Gordianus finds himself moved by his predicaments, by Doi's helpless defence of his country's independence, but unable to provide what he asks. So Dio gets killed, and Gordianus must confront himself witha baffling enigma, and the most fascinating woman of his time, Clodia, sister (some say also lover) of the rabble rouser Clodius. Gordianus shall be enthralled by human beauty, the ... Read More
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Venus Throw is a multi leveled story that involves: the murder of the Egyptian Ambassador Dio, investigation into the murder conspiracy, exacting preparation for the trial of the accused, presentation of he trial, and the gender education of Gordianus.
The conspiracy to murder Dio, the ambassador and former teacher of Gordianus, contains several missed murder attempts. The investigation by Gordianus is suspenseful and very difficult for the "finder". The trial is brilliant with possibly Cicero's ... Read More
Rating:  -
It appears from some study I did after reading this novel
that the Roman morals portrayed are one to two centuries ahead of the actual
decay that did happen.
The Dio mentioned is probably roughly based on Dio Chrysostom of the first century AD
not the first century BC. The incipient decadence of the Roman Empire had it's origin in this era
of the Republic , but wasn't as strongly manifested as this novel portrays.
In later life Cicero was a stoic convert of the Diodotus ... Read More
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There are only a handful of historical mystery writers who have the knack of putting their readers right into the time and place that they are creating. I would count Steven Saylor as one of those. Others that come to mind are Ellis Peters and her Brother Cadfael series, Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, Lindsey Davis and her Falco and Saylor with his Gordianus. He is such a good writer that I forgot that we were in 56 B.C. and was following the story like we follow lurid headlines on today's news. In this ... Read More
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