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Last Act In Palmyra

by Lindsey Davis

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‘I was just a freelance hero doing his best in a hard world.’The spirit of adventure calls Falco on a new spying mission for the Emperor Vespasian to the untamed East. He’s picking up extra fees from his old friend Thalia the sna... Read more
‘I was just a freelance hero doing his best in a hard world.’

The spirit of adventure calls Falco on a new spying mission for the Emperor Vespasian to the untamed East. He’s picking up extra fees from his old friend Thalia the snake dancer as he searches for Sophrona, her lost water organist. With the Chief Spy Anacrites paying his fare, Falco knows anything can go wrong.

A dangerous brush with the Brother, the sinister ruler of Nabataean Petra, sends Falco and his girlfriend Helena on a fast camel-ride to Syria. Here they join a travelling theatre group, which keeps losing members in non-accidental drownings. The bad acting and poor audiences are almost as bad as the desert and its scorpions – then as the killer hovers, Falco tries to write a play… Less

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File size7.79 X 5.09 X 1.05 in
Print pages416
PublisherRandom House UK
Publication date February 15, 2011
Languageeng
ISBN9781446455098
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Lindsey Davis
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Lindsey Davis has written over twenty historical novels, beginning with The Course of Honour. Her bestselling mystery series features laid-back First Century detective Marcus Didius Falco and his part...

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