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A review by suzemo
Spqr II: The Catiline Conspiracy by John Maddox Roberts
3.0
The book is pretty much what the title implies - a story regarding the Catiline Conspiracy - wherein some Roman senators/officials/aristocracy try to overthrow the Roman government.
This particular historical fiction involves Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger, a fictional questor, who decides to investigate some odd murders and gets himself entangled with the conspiracy.
I wanted it to be more of a mystery, but it really wasn't. I still enjoyed it, though maybe not the casual misogyny (which I have sadly come to expect out of a white author dude, particularly an older white dude's writing from the early 90s). I eye rolled a bit, but I do love me some Roman historical fiction.
This particular historical fiction involves Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger, a fictional questor, who decides to investigate some odd murders and gets himself entangled with the conspiracy.
I wanted it to be more of a mystery, but it really wasn't. I still enjoyed it, though maybe not the casual misogyny (which I have sadly come to expect out of a white author dude, particularly an older white dude's writing from the early 90s). I eye rolled a bit, but I do love me some Roman historical fiction.