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A review by traveller1
A Mist of Prophecies by Steven Saylor
3.0
In the later years of the life of Gordianus the Finder. Here Rome waits for Caesar or Pompey to emerge victorious from their civil war, and while Rome waits, people die in the city. In particular, a female seer, who has inveigled herself into the homes of Rome's most powerful women, and into the bed of the married Gordianus!
The reason this woman was poisoned was her involvement with Caesar. She was not in fact a seer, but an actress hired by the general to infiltrate the women of Rome as a spy. She becomes caught up in the political wheeling and dealing, and one of the players finds it necessary to assassinate her.
Gordianus investigates, finding eventually the guilty party. He receives a reward from Caesar's wife, and a new adopted son. Interestingly, again, the different portrayals of historical figures. For Colleen Mc, Calpurnia was entirely unimportant, for Saylor she schemes and plots, defending the interests of her husband.
At the end of the novel Gordianus and his wife set sail for Egypt, in a bid to find a cure for her illness.
This is the last Gordianus novel, to date. What shall I read now? I have been ploughing through Saylor for the past two months.
The reason this woman was poisoned was her involvement with Caesar. She was not in fact a seer, but an actress hired by the general to infiltrate the women of Rome as a spy. She becomes caught up in the political wheeling and dealing, and one of the players finds it necessary to assassinate her.
Gordianus investigates, finding eventually the guilty party. He receives a reward from Caesar's wife, and a new adopted son. Interestingly, again, the different portrayals of historical figures. For Colleen Mc, Calpurnia was entirely unimportant, for Saylor she schemes and plots, defending the interests of her husband.
At the end of the novel Gordianus and his wife set sail for Egypt, in a bid to find a cure for her illness.
This is the last Gordianus novel, to date. What shall I read now? I have been ploughing through Saylor for the past two months.