A COMEDY OF TERRORS; A Flavia Albia Novel / Lindsey Davis
by Davis, Lindsey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1250241545
- ISBN 13
- 9781250241542
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Minotaur Books, 2021. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. Maps. Tall 8vo, black cloth with silver lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with a fashionable woman looking into the Colusseum, illustrated with frontispiece maps of "Rome, The Aventine Hill" and "Rome," [xii] + 320 pages. SUPERIOR CONDITION: internally & externally. Tight, bright, & clean. <br /> <br /> A Flavia Albia Novel: Volume 9 in the series.<br /> Set in Rome during 89 A.D., poisonings, murders, and a bloody gang war erupts during the festival of Saturnalia, and when her husband, Tiberius, becomes a target, it's time for Flavia Albia to take matters into her own hands -<br /> <br /> Lindsey Davis (born 1949) is an award-winning English historical novelist, well known as the author of the Falco and Flavia Albia series of historical detective stories set in ancient Rome. Among her awards: Winner of the 2011 Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers' Association.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9438
- Title
- A COMEDY OF TERRORS; A Flavia Albia Novel / Lindsey Davis
- Author
- Davis, Lindsey
- Illustrator
- Maps
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1250241545
- ISBN 13
- 9781250241542
- Publisher
- Minotaur Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2021
- Keywords
- Rome, informers, murders, assassination, mystery, slaves, Esquiline district, temples, fun, humor, corruption, extortion, gangsters
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Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
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BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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