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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After a final, bloody, retribution is carried out in the climax, Falco is offered a promotion to the equestrian rank. The 20-volume sequence comprises: The Silver Pigs; Shadows in Bronze; Venus in Copper; The Iron Hand of Mars; Poiseidon's Gold; Last Act in Palmyra; Time to Depart; A Dying Light in Corduba; Three Hands in the Fountain; Two for the Lions; One Virgin too Many; Ode to a Banker; A Body in the Bath House; The Jupiter Myth; The Accusers; Scandal takes a Holiday; See Delphi and Die; Saturnalia; Alexandria; Nemesis. I seem to be hearing about nothing but religious cults this week,"" says Marcus Didius Falco--the Spenser of Ancient Rome--early on in this 12th entry in Davis's popular series.

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In his latest engrossing case (following A Time to Depart, 1997), ancient Rome's preeminent sleuth, Marcus Didius Falco, explores political skulduggery that has a decidedly modern ring. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. 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.Davis's story, though couched in period detail, rewards as much for deft handling of plot and depth of characterization as for its historicity. A few days later, however, Falco reconsiders—he realizes that refusing the emperor’s offer must have insulted and hurt Helena terribly. Falco rescues the niece of a senator from a kidnapping attempt, is attracted by both her innocence and the secret she keeps regarding a silver ingot (the ``pig'' of the title) and then stricken when her corpse is found in a spice warehouse. Two ugly lumps of jail-fodder, jellybrained and broad as they were high, were pushing through the crowds towards her, just ten paces off.

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Rufrius Vitalis - Ex-Centurion of the Second Augustan Legion, living in retirement at Isca Dumnoniorum. 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. are each signed and dated at or near their respective dates of publication by the author without inscription on their title pages. After spending so much time together, and many arguments, misunderstandings and denials, Falco and Helena fall in love (and subsequently consummate this in a horse stable, in a public garden).

The empire is supported by a vast population of slaves, and Falco realizes just how terrible and immoral this is as he is beaten and made to work under terrible conditions—but he does gain information about who is perpetrating the crimes. 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.

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She tells him she truly loves him, and she is willing to wait until he is able to raise the money necessary for them to marry.He discovers that the scheme is not just about stealing silver, but also encompasses a plot to overthrow the emperor. I haven't read historical fiction this good since I, Claudius by Robert Graves and The Persian Boy by Mary Renault. Fresh from Last Act in Palmyra, Marcus Didius Falco, that most modern of ancient Romans, takes on organized crime in this latest installment of Davis's impeccably executed series. They dislike each other immediately; Helena is a wealthy aristocrat; Falco makes assumptions about her based on her class. E., and Rome is under the heel of the tyrannical emperor Domitian in Davis’s entertaining third whodunit featuring informer Flavia Albia (after 2014’s Enemies at Home).

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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).The piazza rang with the curses of strings of slaves crisscrossing like a badly organized military display. The Silver Pigs is a 1989 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the first book in the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series.