books by Steven Saylor     books:       Last Seen in Massilia: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)32 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001 Stellar! This series is totally superior and this eighth installment is just wonderful! The story is set in Massilia (Marseilles) in 49 B.C. Gordianus and his son-in-law Davis find themselves in Massilia behind a blockade. Massilia had declared for Pompey, and Caesar's troops are at the gate. Gordianus is trying to find out what happened to his son Meto who he had been told was dead. He finds himself ...             A Gladiator Dies Only Once: The Further Investigations of Gordianus the Finder (Novels of Ancient Rome)22 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Griffin, 2006 9 Stories about the Finder Saylor has pleased me again with a fairly good portrayal of the Roman world and the limits of investigations into mysteries and crimes. I was slightly disappointed to not see Tiro mentioned more often given the number of guest appearances Cicero made -- the letters of Cicero to his secretary slave and freedman suggest they were rarely apart save when the orator and politican was in political ...             Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)65 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Griffin, 2008 Great Roman history For a book that spans five centuries, you don't really expect to fall in love with the characters or read about much more than death and war. However, this book completely rose above my expectations. It not only focuses on specific families, it really takes you into their everyday lives and what it was like from the time when Rome was practically a bunch of huts to the building of a great empire ...             Rubicon: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)40 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000 Rome Panics - - Civil War In Rubicon, Steven Saylor reveals the diversity of his tales of Gordianus. From the clever investigations of Roman Blood, through the psychological thriller of Catilina's Riddle, to the political struggle of Murder on the Appian Way, Saylor writes "novels of Ancient Rome (not just detective stories). Rubicon presents a very different puzzle. Rubicon is a story with many levels: the military ...             The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder (Novels of Ancient Rome)23 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1998 Very Entertaining This a collection of short stories, easy to follow and different from each other. Each describes different aspects of the Roman world, from customs, festivities, beliefs and superstitions. This book is ideal for students studying English as a Second Language, or any kind of classroom. Students will find these easy stories informative, interesting and educative. My favorite mysteries were "The ...             A Murder on the Appian Way: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)61 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1997 I have no problem giving this one five stars. I must admit that I feel like a "finder" for discovering this series. Gordianus the Finder is a remarkable character. He is clever, but vulnerable, jaded, but a loving father and husband, and he is vividly portrayed by Mr. Saylor. This is an outstanding series, but I truly recommend that it be read in order. This book is the fifth in the series. Saylor covers the peculiar slaying of Publius ...             The Triumph of Caesar: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)22 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008 The Aging Gordianus "The Triumph of Caesar" is Saylor at his best. There really is a nice pace to the story that begins strongly on Page 1. It never lets up. Good dialogue, a decent amount of suspense, tons of correct historical fact and description, and humor characterize the story. There is true suspense, a real mystery (murder) to solve, and clever resolution. This is a first rate Roman detective story, period ...             Catilina's Riddle: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)60 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002 Historical Genius Catilina's Riddle is an excellent and very different historical novel. As a former history major and student of Latin who loves detective novels, I found Catilina's Riddle compelling. This novel appears to be another investigation of Gordianus the Finder but it is so much more. The real inquiry in Catilina's Riddle is psychological rather than legal. It presents the historical, political ...             Roman Blood: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)75 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000 A Masterful re-creation of Ancient Rome This is a masterful achievement. Historical study teaches us that Roman sources are few; that what we have are at best transliterations centuries later; and that the majority of classical texts are lost and not likely to be found. And in spite of this, Steven Saylor is able to create a picture of Rome and Roman society that teems with life, that draws a complete picture that the sources ...             The Venus Throw: A Mystery of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)30 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1996 One of the best historical mystery writers out there! 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 ...             The Venus Throw1 review Steven Saylor G.K. Hall and Co., 1995 Gordianus' Gender Education 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 ...             The Judgment of Caesar: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)41 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005 Pleased to be reacquainted with this great writer The last time I read a book by Steven Saylor was "Venus Throw" in the mid 1990's. Saylor's books are easy to read and very entertaining. Writing about ancient Egypt is always fascinating, and even more when Cleopatra and Julius Caesar are part of the plot. Saylor describes Cleopatra in such a convincing way that it would make any man straight. Gordianus the Finder, the main character, is ...             Rome at War: Caesar and his legacy (Essential Histories Specials) Kate Gilliver, Michael Whitby, ... Osprey Publishing, 2005 The story of a small town that rose to become the most powerful empire of the ancient world has been an inspiration to generations of people. Even after the collapse of the Roman Empire, many nations and their leaders have styled themselves 'heirs of Rome', emulating its society, technology and warfare. This book details the wars that shaped the Roman Empire, from the Gallic Wars of Julius Caesar and the subsequent civil war between Caesar and ...             Arms of Nemesis: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)32 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001 Save the Slaves Arms of Nemesis, the second novel in Steven Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series, is even better than the first. Arms of Nemesis presents the case of slaves being accused of killing their master, a crime that citizens of ancient Rome can not tolerate. Gordianus the Finder is hired by Crassus, perhaps the wealthiest man in the Roman Republic. Crassus, however, only wants to placate the wife of the ...             The Judgement of Caesar3 reviews Steven Saylor Robinson Publishing, 2005 Saylor Has Done it Again The Judgement of Caesar continues the saga of Gordianus the Finder in the same high style of the rest of the Sub-Rosa series. Our sleuth is present at the un-wrapping of Cleopatra and takes the back way to visit the tomb of Alexander. As usual, he unravels many a know along the way and then leaves us with... a cliff-hanger??? Make this one come out right, Steve. I strongly suspect that The ...             Crime Through Time 3 (Crime Through Time)2 reviews Berkley, 2000 Grat anthology Fans of historical mysteries will have a very good time perusing the third collection in an excellent anthology series. Editor Sharyn Newman has accumulated a variety of superb stories that will satisfy most readers with its strong contents. The introduction written by talented Victorian mystery author Anne Perry provides insight into the book, series, and overall sub-genre. Many popular ...             Past Poisons: An Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historic Crime1 review IBooks, Inc., 2005 Unimpressive The name Ellis Peters in the title of the book was clearly meant to lure readers. None of the writers are up to her standards. There is no shame in not being a master but it left me feeling a little cheated. There were a couple of stories that I kinda liked but the rest were forgettable except two were downright yucky. And the tributes to Ellis Peters written by each and every author were so ...             A Mist of Prophecies: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)28 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003 Amazing work Saylor has definately become a master of his art. Each of the characters are so vivid, it is obvious that Saylor treats each with respect and critical thought has been put into view point analysis. The images Saylor uses to bring Rome alive are personal and palpable. Its as if Saylor travelled in time and really hung out with these people. The story line really didnt draw me in to the ...             Have You Seen Dawn?: A Novel12 reviews Steven Saylor, 2003 Alright. It's probably a girl book and I'm not either a girl or even a gay american but I liked it anyway. Just shows how versatile Saylor really is I guess. I got hooked on the Roman books before I learned that the author was a gay american and by then I had found out he wasn't going to bury me knee deep in homoerotica. The story moves along very well and unlike some more prescient readers, I really didn't know who the killer ...             A Twist at The End29 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001 Was the Austin Slayer Jack the Ripper? I was fascinated by this book. Every so often, the Austin papers would throw out tantalizing tidbits of information about these 1880's murders. There were never many details given,probably because of the lurid nature of the crimes. They were so heinous, especially since that was considered a "gentler" time. They terrorized Austin and like the Ripper killings, suddenly stopped with no solution. ...              search for books ancient, anthology, caesar, catilina, essential, finder, further, gladiator, gordianus, historic, histories, investigations, judgement, judgment, legacy, massilia, memorial, murder, mystery, nemesis, novels, peters, poisons, prophecies, riddle, rubicon, specials, through, triumph, vestals books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen DVD: Lady & The Tramp II - Scamp's Adventure leave a comment home  impressum - about us