Set in the year Ad 70, during the reign of Emperor Vespasian, we follow the investigations of low-life informer Marcus Didius Falco. The Rome of Davis' imagination is licentious and entertaining.” — San Jose Mercury News on THE MARCUS DIDIUS FALCO SERIES I can't call Falco lovable, but he's got a gruff charm that - try as he might - he can't hide completely. Along the way, Rome - all of it, not just the polished marble and chalk-white togas, but the stink of the slums, the chaos of the hearth, the perils of travel whether across town or across the continent, the struggle to earn a daily denarius, and the surprisingly but authentically modern-seeming conveniences and complaints of urban life - is itself a vibrant, slightly dangerous but romantic (cough) character.

Part of the authors introduction involves historical scholarship. He makes the point that when a book is written, the best of archaeological knowledge can go into it, only to have the theories change over the years. So it is with this one, the method of creating silver and lead ingots, which led to them being called 'pigs' is now being questioned. It might well be that the processes described in this book are incorrect, but for me as a reader (not a 1st century archaeologist) that in no way detracts from the novel. The whole thing is splendid. It has everything, mystery, pace, wit, fascinating scholarship – Ellis Peters Al terminar este libro, en este 2020 y usando cantidades netas de páginas (mediante un programa que estandariza), me he quedado a un "el misterio del príncipe" de haber leído el equivalente a 8 veces la saga completa de Harry Potter. Retrata a época romana sem ser exaustivo. Com todo o seu encanto e conflitos. Pode-se comparar aos romances de Steven Saylor que tem como protagonista o Gordiano, Descobridor...stars - I enjoyed Helena, Falco, his mother and Publius and several other characters in this Ancient Roman mystery, but I've never been much into the period and had a hard time getting into it - but I'd been hearing about the series for so long I wanted to give it a try.

When Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman "informer" who has a nose for trouble that's sharper than most, encounters Sosia Camillina in the Forum, he senses immediately all is not right with the pretty girl. She confesses to him that she is fleeing for her life, and Falco makes the rash decision to rescue her—a decision he will come to regret. For Sosia bears a heavy burden: as heavy as a pile of stolen Imperial ingots, in fact. Vespasian offers Falco a reward: elevation to the rank of Equestrian, the equivalent of the upper middle class in ancient Rome. Normally, a citizen would have to own a substantial amount of property to attain such a rank. This would allow Falco and Helena to marry; Falco’s status is far too low for Helena, and their marriage would result in shame for her. However, Falco interprets this as a bribe for his silence concerning the crimes of Domitian and Decimus; out of loyalty to Sosia, he refuses. Falco stumbles upon a conspiracy in the trading of silver ingots, but not before it claims the life of a young girl (Sosia Camillina) Falco meets and is smitten with. Hired by Sosia's uncle, a senator, to find out who murdered her and by the Roman Emperor Vespasian, to uncover the conspiracy, Falco finds himself on the next boat to Britain.Reading two detective/mystery books at the same time, this is unheard of for me! As it happens this is for one of this year’s challenges, reading a book written by a woman for each year of the 1980s. What is follow is an intriguing and exciting mystery, in which Falco will need his wits and cunning to solve this conspiracy, and in a thrilling fashion he'll be able to catch the culprits in the end. Aventine Sector, Thirteenth District. South of the Circus Maximus, heading for the Ostia Road." As reassuring as a shark's grin to a flounder. She would have been warned about places like this. If her loving old nurses knew what they were doing, she had been warned about fellows like me. Read this book in 2011, and its the 1st episode of the tremendous "Marcus Didius Falco" series, from the author, Lindsey Davis.

The Silver Pigs is a 1989 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the first book in the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. Set in Rome and Britannia during AD 70, just after the year of the four emperors, the novel stars Marcus Didius Falco, informer and imperial agent. The book's title refers to 200-pound lead ingots "pigs" filled with silver ore and stolen from Roman Britain, [1] which feature prominently in the plot. [2] Plot summary [ edit ]There were two of them. Two ugly lumps of jail-fodder, jellybrained and broad as they were high, were pushing through the crowds towards her, just ten paces off. The little lass was obviously terrified.

Marco Didio Falco, detective privado en la Roma Imperial del siglo I d. C. Primer caso en esta extensa serie de 20 libros, con una saga posterior, donde Marco se topará con una bellísima joven que escapa de un par de matones en las calles de Roma. Dada su condición de buena persona, mas bien mujeriego, y lo hermosa que es la chica, Marco no dudará en ayudar a la joven. Su caso parece que tiene algo que ver con unos lingotes de plata robados de las mismísimas minas de Britania para comprar el levantamiento de un nuevo emperador. Vespasiano no ha consolidado su poder y parece que hay alguien que quiere destronarlo. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Mas ao contrário de Gordiano, Marco Falco é um sedutor e republicano. Os casos que resolve tem como clientes mulheres, que acaba por conquistar, e homens de baixa categoria. No entanto a sua sorte muda, e ele acaba se envolvendo num misterioso crime. Que envolve uma morte de uma jovem e um contrabando de lingotes de prata.

I liked this novel, but given many of my GR friends love this book/series, I was expecting to enjoy it just a little bit more. The steps were crowded with the usual illegal touts and overpriced market stalls. I considered upending some melons but smashed fruit meant a diminished livelihood for their market gardener. I had a diminished livelihood myself so I settled on the tasteful copperware. Tilting it with my shoulder, I keeled over a complete stall. The stallholder's thin cry was lost as bouncing flagons, ewers and urns sped at a denting pace down the Temple steps, followed by their despairing owner and numbers of righteous passers-by—all hoping to stroll home with a nice new fluted fruitbowl under one arm. Davis's vision of everyday life in the Roman Empire is superb. I haven't read historical fiction this good since I, Claudius by Robert Graves and The Persian Boy by Mary Renault.” — Detroit Free Press on Shadows in Bronze This story starts in a hot day at the Rome Forum, where Falco sights and then takes in hand a fleeing young woman from the senator class. Sosia Camillina is sixteen, radiantly innocent and someone has tried to kidnap her from the very sanctum of her home. Sosia has no idea why and discovering that is the long, often obfuscated trail that takes Falco and the reader throughout the beautifully researched and vividly recreated Rome 70-71 AD. It takes us traveling across the Roman empire through the provinces of Europe, and then to Britain where again, meticulous scholarship and interest in the period come through in the exciting tale of Falco uncovering the plot of the stolen silver pigs. A pure delight… brilliantly [immerses] us in the marvels of ancient Roman life.” — Good Book Guide on The Accusers