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- Publisher: Michael Joseph
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0718149440
- ISBN-13: 978-0718149444
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.6 x 5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 839 g
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A new story of a doctor of ancient times
Mar 3 2010
By gina b
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I first bought the book Medici several months ago and stuck it on a shelf meaning to read it eventually. Finally picked it up several weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it so I bought the second and third books in the series. Downie does an excellent job in taking you to the era of the Roman occupation of Britain and all of the issues it entails. Ruso, the main character in this series, is a thoroughly human and believable character with all of his self doubts and fallabilities. The books contain a lot of historical information, and yet are entertaining and also have a certain amount of humor.
It is a series I would recommend to fans of Rosemary Rowe, Franklin, and several other authors that write about the medical field in ancient times.
It is a series I would recommend to fans of Rosemary Rowe, Franklin, and several other authors that write about the medical field in ancient times.
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Not To Be Missed!
April 13 2010
By L.D.Phyllips
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Format:Hardcover
A wonderful read! A little humor, a little mystery, a great story. Ruso is sure to please, and Tilla is coming right along. Can't wait for book 4 in this historical mystery series set in Roman Britain. If you like historical fiction without the drivel of a romance novel, this is the book for you.
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Good Read for Those Fans of All Things Roman
April 4 2008
By J. Chippindale
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After all the confusion with the first book, masquerading under two titles and a change of front cover, which fooled me into buying two copies of the same book, I was unsure whether to put any of my hard earned cash down on this one, but all things being equal the first book was an enjoyable read in the same vein as Lindsey Davis or Steven Saylor, so why cut off my nose to spite my face.
This is the second novel in the Medicus Series, featuring as its main character, Gaius Petreius Ruso, a divorced and down on his luck army doctor, who has made the rash decision of attempting tomake not only a career but a fortune in the far flung reaches the Roman Empire, namely Britain.
In the previous book Russo and the Disappearing Dancing Girls, Gaius manages to acquire himself a slave girl Tilla, not even Gaius is sure how he managed to do that, but the pair of them make a good team and the antics and scrapes that they get up to between them makes for enjoyable reading. If the books continue to the same standard of the first two there is no reason why this should not be an excellent series. Whether it ever achieves the cult status of the Lindsey Davis offerings remains to be seen.
This is the second novel in the Medicus Series, featuring as its main character, Gaius Petreius Ruso, a divorced and down on his luck army doctor, who has made the rash decision of attempting tomake not only a career but a fortune in the far flung reaches the Roman Empire, namely Britain.
In the previous book Russo and the Disappearing Dancing Girls, Gaius manages to acquire himself a slave girl Tilla, not even Gaius is sure how he managed to do that, but the pair of them make a good team and the antics and scrapes that they get up to between them makes for enjoyable reading. If the books continue to the same standard of the first two there is no reason why this should not be an excellent series. Whether it ever achieves the cult status of the Lindsey Davis offerings remains to be seen.
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