The Resource Alexandria, Lindsey Davis
Alexandria, Lindsey Davis
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 276 p
- Contents
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- The new Falco novel finds Lindsey Davis's First Century detective Marcus Didius Falco and his partner Helena Justina investigating crime in the famous city of Alexandria. For Marcus Didius Falco, agent to the Emperor Vespasian, Alexandria holds fascination and a hint of fear. Beautiful, historic and famously unruly, the great cosmopolitan city wears Roman rule lightly. While his wife, Helena Justina, wants to see the Lighthouse and the Pyramids, Falco has a mission at the Great Library that soon turns out to involve much more than stock-taking its innumerable scrolls. A mysterious death in the library brings him into conflict with the darker side of academic life. With forensic science in its infancy, even an illegal autopsy fails to find real answers. To solve the crime for the Roman Prefect
- if indeed it is a crime
- Falco will have to draw on his own doggedness and intuition, at first supported only by Helena's commonsense and the loyal backup of her brother Aulus, who goes undercover as a student among the in-fighting academics. The philosophers hunger after fame and fortune so ruthlessly there is soon another terrifying death, this time at the royal zoo. It so happens that his Uncle Fulvius is living in Alexandria with his partner Cassius. Their involvement in local affairs already seems shady when they are joined by their crony, Falco's father, Geminus, a man well-known for disreputable business practices. If the irrepressible Pa has had a hand in events at the library, Falco knows he stands no chance. From the Hardcover edition
- Isbn
- 9781846052880
- Label
- Alexandria
- Title
- Alexandria
- Statement of responsibility
- Lindsey Davis
- Subject
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- Historical fiction
- Falco, Marcus Didius (Fictitious character) Fiction
- Falco, Marcus Didius, 41- -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Alexandria (Egypt) -- Fiction
- Alexandrian Library Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Romans Egypt Fiction
- Alexandrian Library -- Fiction
- Romans -- Egypt -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- VHOB
- Dewey number
- DAV
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
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- A Marcus Didius Falco mystery
- Marcus Didius Falco;
- Falco
- A Falco mystery
- Series volume
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- 19
- 19
- Label
- Alexandria, Lindsey Davis
- Related Subjects
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- Historical fiction
- Falco, Marcus Didius (Fictitious character) Fiction
- Falco, Marcus Didius, 41- -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Alexandria (Egypt) -- Fiction
- Alexandrian Library Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Romans Egypt Fiction
- Alexandrian Library -- Fiction
- Romans -- Egypt -- Fiction
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- Content type code
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- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- The new Falco novel finds Lindsey Davis's First Century detective Marcus Didius Falco and his partner Helena Justina investigating crime in the famous city of Alexandria. For Marcus Didius Falco, agent to the Emperor Vespasian, Alexandria holds fascination and a hint of fear. Beautiful, historic and famously unruly, the great cosmopolitan city wears Roman rule lightly. While his wife, Helena Justina, wants to see the Lighthouse and the Pyramids, Falco has a mission at the Great Library that soon turns out to involve much more than stock-taking its innumerable scrolls. A mysterious death in the library brings him into conflict with the darker side of academic life. With forensic science in its infancy, even an illegal autopsy fails to find real answers. To solve the crime for the Roman Prefect -- if indeed it is a crime -- Falco will have to draw on his own doggedness and intuition, at first supported only by Helena's commonsense and the loyal backup of her brother Aulus, who goes undercover as a student among the in-fighting academics. The philosophers hunger after fame and fortune so ruthlessly there is soon another terrifying death, this time at the royal zoo. It so happens that his Uncle Fulvius is living in Alexandria with his partner Cassius. Their involvement in local affairs already seems shady when they are joined by their crony, Falco's father, Geminus, a man well-known for disreputable business practices. If the irrepressible Pa has had a hand in events at the library, Falco knows he stands no chance. From the Hardcover edition
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- 12837609
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- Extent
- 276 p
- Isbn
- 9781846052880
- Isbn Type
- (Trade pbk)
- Lccn
- 2009003581
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) NE141508
- (AuCNLKIN)000043851863
- (eLGAR).b23276277
- (OCoLC)267224251
- (Nz)12837609
Subject
- Alexandria (Egypt) -- Fiction
- Alexandrian Library -- Fiction
- Alexandrian Library Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Falco, Marcus Didius (Fictitious character) Fiction
- Falco, Marcus Didius, 41- -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Romans -- Egypt -- Fiction
- Romans Egypt Fiction
Genre
Member of
- A Marcus Didius Falco mystery, 19
- Falco
- Falco series
- Falco series, 19
- Marcus Didius Falco mysteries
- Marcus Didius Falco, 19
- Marcus Didius Falco, 19
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