Lindsey Davis
Paperback | Pages: 366 pages Rating: 4.03 | 4917 Users | 221 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Shadows in Bronze |
| ISBN: | 0345374266 (ISBN13: 9780345374264) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Marcus Didius Falco #2 |
| Characters: | Marcus Didius Falco, Helena Justina |
| Setting: | Rome,71(Italy) |
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' Shadows in Bronze' is both number two in the Marcus Didius Falco Roman detective series as well as part two in the story begun in
. I think the writing is better in this novel than in the first, but half of the jokes are still Greek to me. I don't get them, although the characters do. A lot of the dialogue tone is off to me. Falco, and the author, are on a different plane of thought, somehow, from me and there is a peculiar lack of conversational class barriers between lower class Falco and the elite of Ancient Rome aristocracy. It is hard to put my finger on it. Nonetheless, these are interesting mysteries. The writing is poetically dense, and it attains literary quality often. But the reader had better be of the sort who truly enjoys academically researched historical fiction! Lindsey Davis has studied Ancient Roman society in depth, and his story is full of cultural and architectural details, including furniture and foods.Falco is a friendly person, involved with the families of his adult sisters and brothers-in-law, even as much as he is constantly hustling to satisfy his new employer, Emperor Vespasian. His time in the Roman army has given him a hard veneer, but his mother's frequent visits tends to encourage him to do nothing too much over the lines of respectability.
In 'Silver Pigs', Falco accidentally uncovered an intricate plan to overthrow Vespasian, which has led him into meeting a lot of high-born people, including the beautiful divorced Helena, who promises to be love of his life. Falco exposed the plotters, who scattered to the far ends of the Empire, with the exception of those who died in a final confrontation. In this novel, Vespasian engages him to find those who ran away to offer them amnesty and jobs in his administration. They are all high born with money, property and connections, after all, and it would be difficult to deal with them in any other way. Of course, Falco learns a few of them are now involved in another plot to blackmail Vespasian to resign his office. This shocking discovery, naturally, makes Falco and his friends, who accompanied him, dangerous to their plan. Plus, Helena shows up!
'Shadows in Bronze' is a slower read than the previous book in the series, but it is a richer one in characterization and detail.
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| Title | : | Shadows in Bronze (Marcus Didius Falco #2) |
| Author | : | Lindsey Davis |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 366 pages |
| Published | : | January 22nd 1992 by Fawcett Books (first published 1990) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Historical Mystery |
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Ratings: 4.03 From 4917 Users | 221 ReviewsCrit Based On Books Shadows in Bronze (Marcus Didius Falco #2)
I enjoyed this second installment of the Marcus Didius Falco series just as much as the first one. The plot was well-thought through and offered suspense again and again, despite some slow sections. The best parts, however, were again the dry humour of Falco's internal monologue and the likeable characters of his family and friends. " Shadows in Bronze" made me laugh out loud frequently and made me sympathize with Falco and the other characters. Definitely another series I've become addicted to!I enjoyed this second installment of the Marcus Didius Falco series just as much as the first one. The plot was well-thought through and offered suspense again and again, despite some slow sections. The best parts, however, were again the dry humour of Falco's internal monologue and the likeable characters of his family and friends. " Shadows in Bronze" made me laugh out loud frequently and made me sympathize with Falco and the other characters. Definitely another series I've become addicted to!
Have you ever been to a movie that had one or two twists too many? Have you ever thought, This chase scene was placed here either to extend the running length of the film or to provide something recognizable for the video game? Thats the way I feel about Shadows in Bronze. Dont get me wrong. I dont intend to stop reading Lindsey Davis delightful stories about Marcus Didius Falco, informer for the Emperor Vespasian. Most of them that Ive read have been delightfully paced while juggling together
The second book in Davis's series about Marcus Didius Falco, an informer in the Rome of the Flavian emperors, picks up immediately after the events of the first novel, The Silver Pigs. Falco is helping to track down the remnants of the conspiracy he uncovered and confounded and finds himself tracked by and tracking Barnabas - the freedman of Atius Pertinax, now deceased conspirator and ex-husband of Helena, Falco's socially unobtainable lover.There are a few plot twists - nothing is quite what
Did not enjoy this as much as the first one (which was excellent). Took a while for the story to get going and the "twists" were predictable Still it was enjoyable enough to want to read the next book
This book, quite interestingly, picks up immediately where the previous volume finished, with a murder mystery that follows from the previous political plot that Didius Falco had solved, reminding the reader that mysteries are not always tidy matters that can be resolved in a single volume but are sometimes matters with implications and ramifications that go beyond what is initially understood. Here we find the novel moving forward, showing Falco as he demonstrates himself to be able of
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