Lindsey Davis
Paperback | Pages: 329 pages Rating: 3.94 | 10875 Users | 804 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Silver Pigs |
| ISBN: | 031235777X (ISBN13: 9780312357771) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Marcus Didius Falco #1 |
| Characters: | Marcus Didius Falco, Helena Justina |
| Setting: | Rome,70(Italy) Britain,70 |
| Literary Awards: | Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1989) |
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When Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman "informer" who has a nose for trouble that's sharper than most, encounters Sosia Camillina in the Forum, he senses immediately all is not right with the pretty girl. She confesses to him that she is fleeing for her life, and Falco makes the rash decision to rescue her—a decision he will come to regret. For Sosia bears a heavy burden: as heavy as a pile of stolen Imperial ingots, in fact. Matters just get more complicated when Falco meets Helena Justina, a Senator's daughter who is connected to the very same traitors he has sworn to expose. Soon Falco finds himself swept from the perilous back alleys of Ancient Rome to the silver mines of distant Britain—and up against a cabal of traitors with blood on their hands and no compunction whatsoever to do away with a snooping plebe like Falco….The Silver Pigs is Lindsey Davis' classic novel which introduced readers around the world to Marcus Didius Falco, a private informer with a knack for trouble, a tendency for bad luck, and a frequently inconvenient drive for justice.
Describe Out Of Books The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco #1)
| Title | : | The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco #1) |
| Author | : | Lindsey Davis |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 329 pages |
| Published | : | October 3rd 2006 by Minotaur Books (first published 1989) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Crime. Historical Mystery |
Rating Out Of Books The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco #1)
Ratings: 3.94 From 10875 Users | 804 ReviewsAssessment Out Of Books The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco #1)
2.5 starsWhen the girl came rushing up the steps, I decided she was wearing far too many clothes.Sam Spade? Phillip Marlowe? Mike Hammer? Nope, none other than Marcus Didius Falco the private investigator who is the creation of English author Lindsey Davis. And The Silver Pigs is the first of 20 books she has written about the adventures of Falco set in 70 A.D. during the the beginning of the reign of Roman Emperor Vespacian.I always marvel at how well British authors can work with the Roman Empire as a
First time I've ever bothered to switch edition on a GR book, and that's because reading this book in 260 pages of titchy tiny font really do make a difference. Does slow things down and make it that little bit worse.Still plenty good though. The fun is in the humour because the mystery is sadly a little underdeveloped, but that's okay, because Lindsay Davies as Falco is one of my favourite authorial voices ever; irreverent, sentimental and self-deprecating.
I first encountered Marcus Didius Falco in a short story in Classical Whodunits, many years ago. At the time I was more interested in the late Roman Republic, so I was more drawn to the Steven Saylor mysteries featuring Gordianus the Finder, contemporary of Cicero and Julius Caesar and the significant events of that era. I later rediscovered Falco through audiobook versions of "A Body in the Bath House" and "The Jupiter Myth," which occur much later in the series. "The Silver Pigs" is the debut
I needed a new series to make me fall in love with a clever detective (informer) all over again, and I really wanted it to be the M Didius Falco series. The long and short of it is that Lindsey Davis failed to make me fall in love. It was more like a mild like. I can't see myself coming back for more of this series. I came looking for a genuine mystery. I was hoping for some Raymond Chandler style Roman detection, or some brooding Henning Mankell style Roman detection, or even some frustrating
The opening bow of Marcus Didus Falco is like a Chandlerest noir novel, with first person point of view, big corrupt city and this disenchanted, cynical PI who's at the wrong place at the right time.Davis succeeds in creating a believable Rome set in Vespasian's time (70 AD) with it's corrupt politicians, corrupt army, corrupt police and public administration and makes it connect with our modern life. That's a tour de force. Of course like any good noir novel, there is a damsel in distress that
I was an early appreciator of Lindsey Davis's Falco mysteries, often buying them from England before they were published over here. However, a few years ago I got rid of most of my copies, reasoning that I could always get them from the library. Hahaha! Another long cherished belief destroyed by the Corona Virus. This hardback was just a few dollars and I will be hanging onto it. I've read it many times before but not for several years. Immersion into a good mystery, ancient Rome, and Falco's
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