This well-researched novel places Downie alongside such established masters of the Roman historical as Steven Saylor and Rosemary Rowe. See search resultsfor this author Ruth Downie(Author)Format: Kindle Edition 4.
Reluctantly, Ruso probes Thessalus’s motives for admitting the crime and finds that many others also had an interest in seeing Felix dead. Terra Incognita: A Crime Novel of the Roman Empire (Gaius Petreius Ruso Series Book 2) Kindle Edition by Ruth Downie (Author) Visit Amazon's Ruth Downie Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
When Felix, a soldier, is found beheaded, the prefect of the 10th Batavians, Decianus, assigns Ruso to investigate, despite a confession to the murder by Thessalus, “retiring medic to the Tenth Batavians Bedbugs.” Decianus is concerned that the attack presages further unrest from the locals, who ascribe the killing to their antlered god, Cernunnos. Terra Incognita: A Novel of the Roman Empire Ruth Downie Bloomsbury Publishing USA, Aug 1, 2010- Fiction- 400 pages 0Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake. 118, Gaius Petreius Ruso, a doctor originally from Gaul, has attached himself to a contingent of the Roman army, the 10th Batavians, en route to the northern edge of the Roman Empire in Britannia. Terra Incognita shines light on a remote corner of the ancient world, where Rusos luck is running short-again. Soon both Rusos and Tillas lives are in jeopardy, as is the future of their burgeoning romance. Toward the beginning of Hadrian’s reign in A.D. Worse, he is honor-bound to try to prove the man innocentand the army wrong-by finding another culprit. With Carol Abboud, Abla Khoury, Walid Sadek, Rabih Mroue. A judicious use of humor and a memorable protagonist lift Downie’s sequel to her bestselling debut, Medicus Terra incognita: Directed by Ghassan Salhab.
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