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The Grove of the Caesars: Flavia Albia 8 Paperback – 14 April 2020

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<font size="+1">'For a totally exhilarating romp through Ancient Rome, Lindsey Davis' latest Flavia Alba novel won't be beaten and offers an immersive experience of a vibrant world full of real, recognisable characters' Mike Ripley, Shotsmag

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Julius Caesar left his gardens to the citizens of Rome, a peaceful sanctuary across the Tiber. Now the gardens and their sacred grove are dangerous haunts, especially for women alone.

'Don't go to the Grove,' people mutter, but when her husband has to leave Rome, it falls to Albia to supervise his building project in an old grotto. Why has someone buried tattered scrolls by obscure philosophers - and does it involve a worse crime than terrible writing?

Soon that puzzle is overtaken. A woman disappears from her husband's birthday party; she meets a dire fate, then Albia learns that on the same night, two louche slaves given to her family by the brooding Emperor Domitian also vanished in the gardens. Apparently, it is well known that a killer lurks there.

The vigiles have failed to investigate properly for decades and this won't improve when the sinister agent Karus arrives. Albia must co-operate, in order to give the many victims justice and find answers for grieving relatives. But can she herself remain safe? And, after others have failed, can she at last identify the predator who has made the Grove his killing ground?

Praise for Lindsey Davis and the Flavia Albia series

'Lindsey Davis has seen off all her competitors to become the unassailable market leader in the 'crime in Ancient Rome' genre . . . Davis's squalid, vibrant Rome is as pleasurable as ever' - Guardian

'Davis's prose is a lively joy, and Flavia's Rome is sinister and gloriously real' - The Times on Sunday

'For fans of crime fiction set in the ancient world, this one is not to be missed' - Booklist

'Davis's books crackle with wit and knowledge . . . She has the happy knack of making the reader feel entirely immersed in Rome' - The Times

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Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton; 1st edition (14 April 2020)
Language : English
Paperback : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 1529374278
ISBN-13 : 978-1529374278
Dimensions : 15.8 x 3.6 x 23.4 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 176,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 4,850 in International Mystery & Crime (Books)
- 34,200 in Historical Fiction (Books)

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Davis's prose is a lively joy, and Flavia's Rome is sinister and gloriously real * The Times on Saturday * This excellent Roman mystery, enriched by Davis's characteristic wit and thorough understanding of the period, takes a darker turn as Flavia delves into Rome's poorest streets, rife with prostitution, exploitation, thuggery and murder * Sunday Express, S Magazine * Davis's books crackle with wit and knowledge. She has the happy knack of making the reader feel entirely immersed in Rome * The Times * Lindsey Davis has seen off all her competitors to become the unassailable market leader in the 'crime in Ancient Rome' genre . . . Davis's squalid, vibrant Rome is as pleasurable as ever * Guardian * For fans of crime fiction set in the ancient world, this one is not to be missed * Booklist * Praise for Lindsey Davis and the Flavia Albia series * : * For a totally exhilarating romp through Ancient Rome, Lindsey Davis' latest Flavia Alba novel won't be beaten and offers an immersive experience of a vibrant world full of real, recognisable characters * Mike Ripley, Shotsmag * Praise for The Grove of the Caesars * : *

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For a totally exhilarating romp through Ancient Rome, Lindsey Davis' latest Flavia Alba novel won't be beaten and offers an immersive experience of a vibrant world full of real, recognisable characters - Mike Ripley, Shotsmag

Praise for Lindsey Davis and the Flavia Albia series - :

For fans of crime fiction set in the ancient world, this one is not to be missed - Booklist

Lindsey Davis has seen off all her competitors to become the unassailable market leader in the 'crime in Ancient Rome' genre . . . Davis's squalid, vibrant Rome is as pleasurable as ever - Guardian

Davis's books crackle with wit and knowledge. She has the happy knack of making the reader feel entirely immersed in Rome - The Times

This excellent Roman mystery, enriched by Davis's characteristic wit and thorough understanding of the period, takes a darker turn as Flavia delves into Rome's poorest streets, rife with prostitution, exploitation, thuggery and murder - Sunday Express, S Magazine

Davis's prose is a lively joy, and Flavia's Rome is sinister and gloriously real - The Times on Saturday

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Sweet Bippy

Always Dependable for Ancient Rome

Reviewed in Australia on 16 May 2020

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We're avid archaeology buffs, and Lindsey never, ever, fails to paint a picture of ancient Rome, in a way that resounds to modern life. It's easy to fall into the old ways, and to understand why's and wherefores. Love her books and the different series. First found at an airport, I've chased the whole series of Ms Davis books ever since, it's been a long time but always enjoyable.

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Dr. M L Price

Best Albia yet

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 April 2020

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I like the way that Albia has 'grown' up from being a teen in Britain to a widow in Rome. In anticipation of this new book I've re-read all of the Albia books over the past couple of months .. and just finished The Grove of the Caesars. I think that it's the best of the series so far and that's saying something since I've liked all of them. I've been a Davis fan ever since I stumbled upon Silver Pigs just after it was published in the USA. I was working on my Ph.D. and was desperate for something to read that wasn't academic stuff. I was browsing the 'New Books' section in the uni library and the title caught my attention. I read it, loved it and ended up buying it, and all the others as the years and career moved on. I now have everything in both print and Kindle.

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R. Sturge

I liked it better than capitol death

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2020

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I'm trying to warm to Albia but I can't like her as much as her dad! I also think her husband is a bit of a plot nuisance to the author! He's always being ill, or sent off to deal with family business as in this book, so LD doesn't have to think what to do with him. Tiberius and Albia aren't really a team in the way that Falco and Helena were. Albia is too independent for team work? Probably. I can see he is going to end up as a stay at home husband looking after the little nephews while she solves crimes and bosses the workforce in the builders' yard.

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Serial murder and forgery...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 April 2020

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... occupy Albia while her husband is away for family reasons. We get to see more of Rome, and the Lads from their building company; a lot more of her household that gains two lads (see the short story Invitation to Die to find out how her Uncles ended up with these gifts from the Emperor), looses two lads and then - but that would be a spoiler. And forging ancient manuscripts. And gardens.
Which is where we start this story, with Albia in a sarcastic, biting mood...
But isn't she always?!

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FujiFlorence

Some good moments

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2020

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I never wanted to miss a word of the Falco novels, but I found myself skipping whole chunks of this one, notably the background of the scrolls plot and the 'tourist guide book' section on the grove. It was interesting to see some kind of cautious professional accommodation growing between Flavia Alba and the vigiles chap, though, despite initial misgivings on both sides. Also,the bloody denouement at the end provided a welcome touch of drama.

Like an earlier reviewer, I find Flavia Albia rather hard work, but I was moved by her compassion, fuelled in part by her own hard history, for the fate of the dancing boys. Ms Davis handled this with a sensitive economy which spoke more eloquently than any outpouring of emotion could have done.

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Superb

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 May 2020

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One of the best in the series. Filled with detail and a sense of the period that no other author evokes so well. The author never covers over how grim life could be in Roman times but I've found some of the Flavia Albia novels feel consistently darker in tone and more constantly bleak than the Marcus Didius Falco books. This one balanced far better for me and I very much enjoyed it.

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