A Roman Ransom

Original green cloth on boards, lettered in gold on the spine. Set in Britain about 188 A.D., under the Roman rule of handsome, cruel Commodus. The protagonist is a male, recently enslaved, and separated from his wife by her simultaneous enslavement. 337 pp.

From Publisher:

Glevum, AD 188. Lying in his sick bed, weak and disoriented, Libertus is strictly forbidden visitors. But when Marcus Septimus forces his way in, desperate to speak to the pavement-maker, Libertus knows that something is seriously wrong. Marcus's beloved wife Julia and their baby son have disappeared without a trace. And now a ransom note has arrived: unless Marcus uses his power to release a certain political prisoner, he will never see his family alive again. Libertus is well aware of Marcus's dilemmagive in to the kidnappers and sacrifice his reputation for being fair and unmoved by bribery, or stand firm and provoke unimaginable consequences. But Libertus has also made a powerful enemy. How can he help his patronand himselfthis time?"

Product Info

ISBN: 0755327411

ISBN-13: 9780755327416

Publisher: Headline Book Publishing

Year: 2006

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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