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The Triumph of Caesar (Novels of Ancient Rome)

Author: Steven W. Saylor
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

3 reviews
Sales Rank: 3154847

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.2

ISBN: 0312359837
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312359836
ASIN: 0312359837

Publication Date: May 13, 2008
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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars

Minor Saylor July 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Steven Saylor returns to his Gordianus series and the result, although welcome is something of a disappointment. A somewhat slender and short story offers only transitory pleasures. But Saylor is a master storyteller and sage on all things Roman, so a sub par Roma Sub Rosa novel still eclipses his many rivals. A minor entry in the series and not the best starting point for newcomers, but for completists and fans a must buy.

3 out of 5 stars

A poor ending for a great character May 19, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful

This was a real disappointment. The beauty of Saylor's books was always the sensitive and intricate way he used the mystery stories of Gordianus the Finder to inform and enlighten the reader about Roman society and history. But Gordianus was - to me - always the heart and soul of the story. Saylor clearly knows Rome back and forward, in and out. But its fair to say recent entries in the series have begun to use Gordianus as the device rather than Rome. The low point came with Roma (not a Gordianus book) where Saylor's ambition to write a full story of Rome tried to balance names and dates with stories - much of which didn't work. The same is true here. If this is the last Gordianus book then Saylor seems to want to use it to tie up every storyline (most in two or three pages at the end. But Gordianus is almost forgotten. the "story" is terribly minor. How sad. 3 stars as even poor quality Saylor is still worth reading. But not for new readers. Go back to Roman Blood or Murder on the appian way.

5 out of 5 stars

Book Eleven in the Roma Sub Rosa Series May 2, 2008
11 out of 15 found this review helpful

Steven Saylor's fascination with Ancient Rome began in childhood. A history graduate and former newspaper and magazine editor, he lives in Berkeley, California and has a huge number of fans of the Sub Rosa series he has written featuring Gordianus the Finder.

For avid readers of Saylor's books, this one will have been well worth waiting for, particularly as it features the return of the wonderful character of Gordianus the Finder, Ancient Rome's answer to the modern day private detective. Gordianus, along with the character of Marcus Didius Falco from the Lindsey Davis books are my favourite characters from any of the Roman whodunnits gracing the book shelves at the moment.

The civil wars that have plagued Rome are now over. Pompey, one of the main protagonists is dead. His opponent Caesar has returned to Rome amid rumours that not all of the resistance has been quashed. Nonetheless the Roman senate has appointed him as Dictator. He is not the only Roman to return home. Gordianus and his wife, Bethesda has recently returned from Egypt. Gordianus has retired from his profession of `Finder' but finds it impossible to refuse a call from Calpurnia, Caesar's wife.

Rumours abound about plots and conspiracy against the life of Caesar and the person hired by Calpurnia to look into these conspiracies, has turned up dead on her own doorstep. Gordianus agrees to help, but not from any love for Caesar. The person found dead on Calpurnia's doorstep was a friend of Gordianus and for old times sake Gordianus will do everything in his power to find the killer.