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1) The ghost
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
467 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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Description
On the eve of Marcus Cicero's inauguration as consul of Rome, the grisly death of a boy sends ripples of fear thourgh a city already wracked by civil unrest, crime, and debauchery of every kind. For Cicero, the ill forebodings of this hideous murder only increase his frustrations and the dangers he already faces as Rome's leader: elected by the people but despised by the heads of the two rival camps, the patricians and populists. There is also a...