{"product_id":"catilinas-riddle-1","title":"Catilina's Riddle","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCatilina's Riddle\u003c\/h1\u003eSteven Saylor,Steven Saylor\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Minotaur Books\u003cbr\u003eNovember 11 2008\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780312385293\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0312385293\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\"Saylor rivals Robert Graves in his knack for making the classical world come alive.\" --(ortland) \u003ci\u003eOregonian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Engrossing...Ironic and satisfying.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe third in Saylor's \u003ci\u003eRoma Sub Rosa\u003c\/i\u003e novels featuring Gordianus the Finder. Gordianus, disillusioned by the corruption of Rome circa 63 B.C., has fled the city with his family to live on a farm in the Etruscan countryside. But this bucolic life is disrupted by the machinations and murderous plots of two politicians: Roman consul Cicero, Gordianus's longtime patron, and populist senator Catilina, Cicero's political rival and a candidate to replace him in the annual elections for consul. Claiming that Catilina plans an uprising if he loses the race, Cicero asks Gordianus to keep a watchful eye on the radical. Although he distrusts both men, Gordianus is forced into the center of the power struggle when his six-year-old daughter Diana finds a headless corpse in their stable. Shrewdly depicting deadly political maneuverings, this addictive mystery also displays the author's firm grasp of history and human character. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn first publication back in 1994, \u003ci\u003eCatilina's Riddle\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Hammet Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67392875495469,"sku":"WHS-ca3f69e7f95947c6a31257067be4045e","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_38aca19c-ad5a-46d9-95dc-417594660259.jpg?v=1787369025","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/catilinas-riddle-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}