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La gran maestra de la novela histórica de ambiente criminal sitúa la última aventura de Marco Didio Falco en una de las fiestas más interesantes de la Roma Antigua, las Saturnales, o fiestas de los

Esta vez Lindsey Davis nos sitúa en una de las fiestas más curiosas de la Roma Antigua, las Saturnales, donde durantes siete días con sus agitadas noches parece que todo está permitido. Nuestro entrañable Falco se enfrenta nuevamente con su eterno enemigo Anacrites, en esta ocasion, para resolver una misteriosa decapitacion que puede menoscabar la credibilidad del Imperio ante sus aliados politicos. Tras haber capturado a un famoso enemigo de Roma, un orgulloso general contrae una extraña enfermedad, y su presa escapa sin dejar mas rastro que un cadaver. Pero como siempre, Falco ademas de su labor de investigacion tendra que lidiar con sus ya habituales problemas domesticos que amezan con desmadrarse. Las Saturnales no es el mejor momento para al tener en casa a diez legionarios. Falco no lo tiene nada facil...

It is the Roman holiday of Saturnalia. Marcus Didius Falco and Helena have returned from Greece only to find that Helena's brother Justinus's marital problems have exploded. Justinus's first love, Veleda, a tribal leader and prophetess from Germania, has been brought to Rome and put under house arrest pending a ritual sacrifice at her capturer's Triumph.

Rebels and Traitors" is an absolute epic masterpiece, poignant and convincing characterisation and razor-sharp historical realism.

Un caso para la investigadora romana por Flavia Albia, hija de Marco Didi Falco. De la aclamada Lindsey Davis («Emperatriz de la intriga histórica» para El Periódico de Catalunya, «La Agatha Christie

Marco Didio Falco cree tener entre manos un trabajo sencillo, pero en realidad deberá enfrentarse con una compleja conspiración que pretende derribar al emperador Vespasiano. Vertiginoso y divertido policial en la Roma del siglo I de nuestra era.Bernard Cornwell nacio en Londres y vivio su infancia en el sur de Essex. Despues de graduarse en la Universidad de Londres, trabajo para la cadena de television de la BBC durante siete años, principalmente como realizador del programa Nationwide. Posteriormente se hizo cargo del departamento de actualidad de la BBC en Irlanda del Norte, y en 1978 paso a dirigir el programa Thames at Six, para la Thames Television. Actualmente reside en Estados Unidos. Su serie dedicada a Richard Sharpe, que en España viene publicando Edhasa, le ha convertido en uno de los escritores mas leidos y de mayor exito en el genero de la novela historica de aventuras, condicion que ha vuelto a poner de manifiesto con la trilogia formada por Arqueros del Rey (2001), La batalla del Grial (2002) y El sitio de Calais (2004). Tambien son buena muestra de su talento las novelas Stonehenge (2000) o El ladron de la horca (2003), todas ellas publicadas en Narrativas Historicas Edhasa.

From the creator of Falco comes Falco: the new generation, featuring her unforgettable heroine Flavia Albia in her fifth novel.Flavia Albia''s day-old marriage is in trouble - her new husband may be permanently disabled and they have no funds. So when Palace officials ask her to help expose a plotter in their midst she is obliged to accept their commission. The plot could not be bigger. Ever since he died in AD 68, apparently by his own hand, Rome has been haunted by reports that the Emperor Nero is in fact very much alive and about to return to claim his throne. Two Nero pretenders have emerged in the East and met grisly fates. But now, as the Emperor Domitian, whose tyrannical, paranoid reign grows ever more unpopular, fights a war in faraway Dacia, there emerges a far more sinister contender. What''s more the rumour is that this false Nero is already in Rome. Plunged into the conspiracy, Flavia must infiltrate the house of the Parthians who have smuggled in this new impostor, negotiate with spies, dodge the assassins sent by the Palace traitor, and somehow cope with her stricken husband.Can she succeed before the impostor is revealed? Or will Rome once more be plunged into civil war?

En el verano del año 72 Marco Didio Falco y su novia Helena Justina regresan a Roma. Durante su ausencia, su amigo el oficial Petronio Longo ha conseguido llevar ante los tribunales a uno de los jefes del hampa romana. Pero las cosas pronto se complican.

Un día cualquiera del año 70 a. C., sin acontecimientos especiales para un hombre como Marco Didio Falco: deshacerse de algún que otro cadáver, seguir la pista de un complot contra el emperador o conseguir algun pequeño beneficio traficando con plomo robado. Pero el trabajo rutinario del mas sarcastico y desengañado investigador de la Roma Imperial da un vuelco cuando el azar le pone sobre el rastro de Barnadas, un extraño personaje que parece tener algo personal contra Didio Falco.

Las cosas no marchan bien en Roma para Marco Didio Falco, que debe aceptar una misión en Oriente para ganarse la vida. Junto a su inseparable Helena Justina, se integrarán en una compañía de teatro en la que se han producido varios asesinatos.

Segundo volumen de la serie que tiene como protagonista a Marco Didio Falco, detective de la época de Vespasiano. Un periplo por la Italia del año 70 d.C., además de una deliciosa y divertidísima ave

With Titus Caesar in pursuit of his patrician girlfriend Helena, Marcus Didius Falco, the louche Roman sleuth is sent out of the way on an undercover mission to Roman Germany, where there has been trouble with the natives. There he must exercise his doubtful diplomatic skills on the very uncivil Civilis, a one-eyed Batavian rebel chieftain and must also persuade Veleda, a sinister tribal prophetess to desist from incessant rabble-rousing. But every rustling leaf heralds the approach of ancient ghosts, headhunting tribesmen, or primeval animals....

''Rats are always bigger than you expect.''Marcus Didius Falco, ancient Rome''s hangdog investigator, hates sharing a cell with a rodent - though being bailed by his old mother is almost as embarrassing. His highborn girlfriend can''t decide if she wants him and Titus Caesar'' reward for past services is a wet fish. Hoping for a better life, or at least a better apartment, he takes on new clients.On the elegant slopes of the Pincian Hill, three nouveaux riches freedmen with two flashy wives are under siege by a clever redhead. Severina Zotica has a foul-mouthed parrot, an odd connection with a snake dancer - and a very suspicious past. As he pursues this flame-haired fortune-hunter, Falco finds himself beset by violent rent-racketeers, poisoners, and women without consciences who have dangerous designs on him.

Following "The Silver Pigs", "Shadows in Bronze", "Venus in Copper" and "The Iron Hand of Mars", this Marcus Didius Falco novel is set in Ancient Rome. Shipping scams, crooked antiques auctions and hired thugs - what could be worse for a hired detective trying to clear his own family's name?

The next gripping Ancient Roman mystery in the bestselling Flavia Albia series.A tragic accident . . . or was it?Emperor Domitian has been awarded (or rather, has demanded) yet another Triumph to celebrate two so-called victories. Preparations are going smoothly until one of the men overseeing arrangements for the celebration accidentally falls to his death from a cliff on the symbolic Capitoline Hill.But Flavia Albia suspects there's more to the incident than meets the eye, as there are plenty of people who would have been delighted to be rid of the overseer. He was an abusive swine who couldn't organise a booze-up in a winery and was caught up in a number of scams, including one surrounding the supply of imperial purple dye and a family of shellfish-boilers.As Flavia finds herself drawn into a theatrical world of carnival floats, musicians, incense and sacrificial beasts, can she see to the heart of the matter and catch those responsible for the unpopular man's untimely death?

Marco Didio Falco cree tener entre manos un trabajo sencillo, pero en realidad deberá enfrentarse a una compleja conspiración que pretende derribar al emperador Vespasiano. Vertiginoso y divertido relato policial en la Roma del siglo I. Disponible guia de lectura gratuita para profesores. Edicion de bolsillo.