The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder (Novels of Ancient Rome)
by Steven Saylor
Book Summary Information
Author: Steven SaylorEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-08-15
ISBN: 0312964528
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780312964528
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Book Reviews of The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder (Novels of Ancient Rome)
Book Review: short whodunit stories from a writer of historical novels
Summary: 3 Stars
Roaming the Internet a couple of months ago I stumbled across "The House of the Vestals", a new title by Steven Saylor. Ordering the book via Amazon.com was a new experience and proved to be both simple and efficient. During my holidays in Italy - where else - I found the time to read this collection of short stories that provides us with some answers as to how Gordianus, the main character in Saylor's "Roma Sub Rosa" sequel, got his nickname "the Finder". "Roma Sub Rosa" is set in the period in Western history wherein ancient Rome was getting ready to change its government from a tormented republic to an long-lasting empire. Saylor has a broad knowledge of the era and has the ability to remodel hints in history, mostly concerning events on the byways of time, to breath-taking mysteries. Saylor's books are interesting in that they provide the reader with more than just a whodunit plot. They alo give a lot of insight in both the po! litics and everyday life in Rome around 50 B.C. Saylor evidently needs all the pages of a novel to elaborate both a gripping plot and the historical setting. He isn't able to do this within the confines of a short story. Sure, it's all there: the humor, sex and violence that the cover promises. But each plot of "House of the Vestals" is so thin that it left me with a feeling of "is that all there is?". Still, I am looking forward to his next novel.
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