Новинки Стивена Сэйлора

Roma is the story of the ancient city of Rome, from its mythic beginnings as a campsite along a trade route to its emergence as the centre of the most extensive, powerful empire in the ancient world.
Beginning with the prehistory days when Roma was a way station among seven hills for traders and merchants and the founding of the city itself by Romulus and Remus, critically acclaimed historical novelist Steven Saylor tells the epic saga of a city and its people, its rise to prominence among the city-states of the area, and, ultimately, dominance over the entire ancient Western world.
From the tragedy of Coriolanus, to the Punic Wars and the invasion by Hannibal, the triumph and murder of Julius Caesar, and the rise and decline of the Roman Republic and the beginnings of Imperial Rome, Saylor's breathtaking novel brings to vivid life the most famous city of the ancient world.
Roma is Saylor's finest achievement, an epic in the truest sense of the word.

In The Throne of Caesar, award-winning mystery author Steven Saylor turns to the most famous murder in history: It’s Rome, 44 AD, and the Ides of March are approaching.

Julius Caesar has been appointed dictator for life by the Roman Senate. Having pardoned his remaining enemies and rewarded his friends, Caesar is now preparing to leave Rome with his army to fight the Parthian Empire.

Gordianus the Finder, after decades of investigating crimes and murders involving the powerful, has set aside enough that he’s been raised to the Equestrian rank and has firmly and finally retired. On the morning of March 10th, though, he’s first summoned to meet with Cicero and then with Caesar himself. Both have the same request of Gordianus―keep your ear to the ground, ask around, and find out if there are any conspiracies against Caesar’s life. Caesar, however, has one other important matter to discuss. Gordianus’s adopted son Meto has long been one of Caesar’s closest confidants. To honor Meto, Caesar is going to make his father Gordianus a Senator when he attends the next session on the 15th of March.

With only four days left before he’s made a Senator, Gordianus must dust off his old skills and see what conspiracy against Julius Caesar, if any, he can uncover. Because the Ides of March are approaching...

Мировой бестселлер! Роман-эпопея, охватывающий 1200 лет история двух семей, эпическая сага о Риме и его жителях. Книги Стивена Сейлора переведены на 22 языка и собрали сотни положительных отзывов от восторженных читателей в Америке и Европе.
В этой эпической саге о Древнем Риме рассказывается об истории города и его жителей на протяжении целого тысячелетия - от основания города до тех времен, когда он стал столицей самой могущественной империи в мире. Рим знал величайших героев и правителей, но также и величайших предателей и злодеев. И свидетелями его бурной, изменчивой истории, порой играющими ключевую роль в событиях, стали представители двух первых римских семейств. Один из них был наперсником самого Ромула, другой родился рабом и соблазнил весталку, третий стал убийцей, а четвертый - наследником Гая Юлия Цезаря. И все они были связаны таинственным амулетом, таким же древним, как сам город...

Идут годы, сменяются столетия, а Рим стоит. Пережив страшные пожары, безумства Тита и Калигулы, помпезный расцвет времен Нерона, преодолев террор Домициана и эпоху «хороших» императоров, римское государство продолжает развиваться, прирастая новыми провинциями и осваивая новые области мысли. И на протяжении всей истории Древнего Рима разворачивается линия рода Пинариев: один из них был предсказателем-авгуром, другой принял христианство, третий избрал стезю ваятеля, преображая облик Вечного города, — и каждого хранил волшебный талисман, фасинум, передаваемый от отца к сыну из поколения в поколение. Продолжение романа «Рим» знаменитого…

МИРОВОЙ БЕСТСЕЛЛЕР! Роман-эпопея, охватывающий 1200 лет история двух семей, эпическая сага о Риме и его жителях. Книги Стивена Сейлора переведены на 22 языка и собрали сотни положительных отзывов от восторженных читателей в Америке и Европе. В этой эпической саге о Древнем Риме рассказывается об истории города и его жителей на протяжении целого тысячелетия — от основания города до тех времен, когда он стал столицей самой могущественной империи в мире. Рим знал величайших героев и правителей, но также и величайших предателей и злодеев. И свидетелями его бурной, изменчивой истории, порой играющими ключевую роль в событиях, стали представители…

An enthralling prequel to his bestselling Roma Sub Rosa series of mysteries set in the Ancient World, Steven Saylor takes readers back to the younger days of Gordianus the Finder. The year is 92BC and Gordianus has just turned eighteen and is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime: a far-flung journey to see the Seven Wonders of the World.Gordianus is not yet called 'The Finder' - that title belongs to his father, who we meet in these pages. But at each of the Seven Wonders, the wide-eyed Roman encounters a mystery to challenge his powers of deduction. Here is a portrait of a master sleuth in the making, the earliest exploits of the man who will become the most sought-after investigator in Rome. Accompanying Gordianus on this travels is his tutor, Antipater of Sidon, the world's most celebrated poet. Together, teacher and pupil journey to the fabled cities of Greece and Asia Minor, and then on to Babylon and Egypt. They attend the Olympic Games, take part in exotic festivals, and marvel at the most spectacular constructions ever devised by mankind.Praise for Steven Saylor:'Saylor expertly weaves the true history of Rome with the lives and loves of its fictional citizens.' Daily Express'Saylor's scholarship is breathtaking and his writing enthrals' Ruth Rendell'With the scalpel-like deftness of a Hollywood director, Saylor puts his finger on the very essence of Roman history.' Times Literary Supplement'Readers will find his work wonderfully (and gracefully) researched... this is entertainment of the first order.' Washington Post

A thrilling puzzle from the ancient world with real historical characters and based on a case in Cicero's Orations - Roman Blood is a perfect blend of mystery and history by a brilliant storyteller. On an unseasonably warm spring morning in 80BC, Gordianus the Finder is summoned to the house of Cicero, a young advocate and orator preparing his first important case. His client is Umbrian landowner, Sextus Roscius, accused of the unforgivable: the murder of his own father. Gordianus agrees to investigate the crime - in a society fire with deceit, betrayl and conspiracy, where neither citizen nor slave can be trusted to speak the truth. But…

It is Ancient Rome, and Gordianus the Finder has a knack for finding trouble. Known to many as the one man in the ancient world who can both keep a secret and uncover one, Gordianus lays bare some of his most intriguing and compelling adventures.
The House of the Vestals collects nine of the award-winning stories of Gordianus the Finder by critically acclaimed, bestselling author Steven Saylor. Filling in some of the gaps between novels, this delightful collection of unique and unforgetable mysteries is Saylor at his finest - revealing the intrigues in the secret history of Rome.

Главный герой романа - самый древний, самый великий, самый мистический город мира. Основанный на Семи холмах, он от самого своего рождения несет в себе отпечаток тайны. Героические деяния его правителей определяются не волей людей, а некой силой, приходящей из-за пределов мира и не подвластной ни человеку, ни богам, которым человек поклоняется.

Using scholarly, historical insight, and evocative storytelling that brings to life the glories of ancient Rome, Steven Saylor takes the reader from the bloody lines of clashing Roman armies to the backrooms of the Senate floor, where power-hungry politicians wrestle the Fates for control of Rome's destiny.

With the consular election drawing near, Rome is fiercely divided between the conservative Cicero and the tempestuous Catilina, whose followers are rumored to be plotting a blood-thirsty siege for power if their leader fails to win office.

Gordianus the Finder, retired to his Etruscan farm, is happy to be free of the intrigue and danger of the capital, but when his old friend Cicero enlists the Finder in an elaborate plot to control Catilina, Gordianus is drawn back into a familiar world. Now caught in a cloak-and-dagger political struggle for the fate of the Republic, Gordianus finds himself strangely drawn to the controversial candidate. Is Catilina really a subversive renegade, or are Cicero suspicions part of an even greater conspiracy? When a headless corpse ominously appears on his farm, Gordianus knows he must unlock the secret of Catilina's Riddle before Rome tears herself apart.

Triumph of Caesar, The: A Novel of Ancient Rome, by Saylor, Steven

On a chill January evening in 56 B.C., two strange visitors to Rome - an Egyptian ambassador and a eunuch priest - seek out Gordianus the Finder whose specialty is solving murders. But the ambassador, a philosopher named Dio, has come to ask for something Gordianus cannot give - help in staying alive. Before the night is out, he will be murdered.
Now Gordianus begins his most dangerous case. Hired to investigate Dio's death by a beautiful woman with a scandalous reputation, he will follow a trail of political intrigue into the highest circles of power and the city's most hidden arenas of debauchery. There Gordianus will learn nothing is as it seems - not the damning evidence he uncovers, not the suspect he sends to trial, not even the real truth behind Dio's death which lies in secrets - not of state, but of the heart.

Una novela apasionante, llena de intrigas y misterios, sobre la antigua Roma. El Imperio se tambalea bajo la presión de la guerra civil entre Julio César y Pompeyo, mientras el detective Gordiano investiga el asesinato de la joven y hermosa adivina Casandra. Gordiano descubrirá una conspiración en la que están implicadas algunas de las damas más poderosas de la ciudad. Personajes como el propio César, Cicerón o Marco Antonio y escenarios como Roma, Alejandría o Egipto nos acompañan en una apasionante historia que podría haber cambiado el destino de Roma

Un baño de sangre amenaza a Roma. Publio Clodio y Tito Milo han comenzado una terrible lucha por controlar las elecciones consulares. Pero cuando en plena Vía Apia aparece el cadáver de Clodio, y Milo es acusado del crimen, Roma se convierte en un hervidero de revueltas callejeras. Así las cosas, Pompeyo el Grande recurre una vez más a Gordiano para que resuelva el caso...

Convencido de que investiga un crimen político, Gordiano se introduce en el corazón de la decadencia romana. Su objetivo es averiguar qué hay detrás del asesinato de su antiguo maestro Dión de Alejandría, pero se ve metido en un juego mortal de seducciones y secretos de familia del que le será difícil salir indemne.

Steven Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series of novels, set in the later Roman Republic and featuring Gordianus the Finder, has garnered unusual acclaim from readers and reviewers alike, establishing him as one of the pre-eminent historical mystery writers. In A Gladiator Dies Only Once, the second collection of his award-winning stories featuring Gordianus, Saylor more than meets his own high standards. Set between the events of his novels Roman Blood and Catilina's Riddle, these previously untold adventures from the early career of Gordianus - when his adopted son, Eco, was still a mute boy and his wife, Bethesda, was but his slave - will delight Saylor's many fans while illuminating details of the ancient world like no other writer can.

It is 48 B.C. For years now, the rival Roman generals Caesar and Pompey have engaged in a contest for world domination. Both now turn to Egypt, where Pompey plans a last desperate stand on the banks of the Nile, while Caesar's legendary encounter with queen Cleopatra will spark a romance that reverberates down the centuries. But Egypt is a treacherous land, torn apart by the murderous rivalry between the goddess-queen and her brother King Ptolemy.

Into this hot-house atmosphere of intrigue and deception comes Gordianus the Finder, innocently seeking a cure for his wife Bethesda in the sacred waters of the Nile. But when his plans go awry, he finds himself engaged in an even more desperate pursuit - to prove the innocence of the son he once disowned, who stands accused of murder.

The judgment of Caesar will determine the fate of Gordianus's son; the choice Caesar makes between Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy will determine the future of Rome's empire. At the center of these two dilemmas, Gordianus becomes the unwitting fulcrum that will shift the balance of history. Witness to the death throes of the old world, he is to play a critical role in the birth of the world to come.

Drawing scrupulously on historical sources, this is the most ambitious novel yet in Steven Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series. Saylor presents a bold new vision of Caesar and paints a compelling and original portrait of Cleopatra, amid bloodshed, battles and storms, in a setting of Egyptian magic and mystery.

In the year 48 B.C., Rome is in the midst of civil war. As Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar fight for control of the Republic, Rome itself becomes a hotbed of intrigue, riven by espionage, greedy profiteering, and bitter betrayals...

Against this background a beautiful young seeress staggers across the Roman marketplace and dies in the arms of Gordianus the Finder. Possibly mad and claiming no memory of her past, Cassandra—like her Trojan namesake—was reputed to possess the gift of prophecy. For such a gift there are many in Rome who would pay handsomely—or resort to murder.

Obsessed with Cassandra and her mystery, Gordianus begins to investigate her murder. As he gradually peels away the veils of secrecy that surround Cassandra's life and death, he discovers a web of conspiracy linking many of the city's most ruthless and powerful women. Now Gordianus's pursuit of the truth not only endangers his own life, but could change the future of Rome itself.

In this mystery set in Marseilles in 49 B.C., master detective Gordianus the Finder is on a personal quest to learn the truth about his missing son, Meto. Plunged into the midst of the bloody Roman civil war, the well-connected Gordianus and his son-in-law Davus survive adventure after adventure as they penetrate the Gaulic city Massilia, which is walled against Roman invasion.

From the first pages, author Steven Saylor is on sure ground with his distinguished protagonist. Gordianus's careful, thoughtful musings are infused with real pathos as he seeks out information about his son whom, he has been informed, is dead. There is some speculation that Meto betrayed Caesar and that death was his punishment. Lacking a corpse, Gordianus cannot bring himself to believe that Meto is really dead.

Indeed, bonds between fathers and children—their betrayals, promises, and legacies—play a key role in the twisting plot of Last Seen in Massilia. Literally the title refers to Meto, but the motif extends to other key characters as well. Apollonides, the imperious ruler of Massilia, has a peculiar bond with his horribly deformed daughter. The city's "scapegoat", Hieronymus, lives out the legacy of his parents' illegal double suicide by being the human repositor of Massilia's collective sins. He is expected to hurl himself from Sacrifice Rock to appease vengeful gods.

Sacrifice Rock is central to the book, the site of a tussle between man and woman that ends, provocatively, in the woman's death. Was it suicide or murder? The three witnesses—Gordianus, Davus, and Hieronymus—are sharply divided on exactly what they saw. Gordianus pursues the truth of this mystery almost as a diversion from the more compelling mystery of his son's disappearance

Une glaciale soirée de janvier 56 avant notre ère. Un couple étrange se glisse dans les rues de Rome vers la demeure de Gordien. La " femme " n'est autre que Dion d'Alexandrie, philosophe, maître et membre estimé de l'Académie, envoyé à Rome à la tête d'une ambassade. Quant au " jeune homme ", c'est un prêtre eunuque du temple de Cybèle. Si le philosophe est ainsi déguisé, c'est qu'il craint pour sa vie. Au cours des derniers jours, plusieurs membres de sa délégation ont été assassinés. Mais, avant que le coq ne chante, Dion aura cessé de vivre et l'enquête commence alors pour Gordien.