Terra incognita a novel of the Roman Empire
In the spring of the year 118, Gaius Petreius Ruso has been stationed in the Roman-occupied province of Britannia for nearly a year. After his long and reluctant investigation of the murders of a handful of local prostitutes, Ruso needs to get away, volunteering for a posting with the army in Britan...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Series: | Downie, Ruth, 1955- Medicus investigation series ;
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| Summary: | In the spring of the year 118, Gaius Petreius Ruso has been stationed in the Roman-occupied province of Britannia for nearly a year. After his long and reluctant investigation of the murders of a handful of local prostitutes, Ruso needs to get away, volunteering for a posting with the army in Britannia's deepest recesses. These hinterlands are the homeland of Ruso's slave, Tilla, who has scores of her own to settle there. Her tribespeople are fomenting a rebellion against Roman control, and her former lover is implicated in the grisly murder of a soldier. Ruso is appalled to find that Tilla is still spending time with the prime suspect. Worse, he is honor-bound to try to prove the man innocent--and the army wrong--by finding another culprit. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 384 p. : map ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781596912328 1596912324 |
| Author Notes: | Ruth Downie is the bestselling author of Medicus . She is a part-time librarian and lives in Milton Keynes, England, with her husband and two sons. |
