But I really dont find any of the characters sympathetic. Ill keep reading Saylor, since McCullough has finished her series. in Saylors books is like learning something else about the fun characters that Ms. Most of my enjoyment in reading this particular series is derived from the fact that I have read the complete 'Masters of Rome' (historical fiction) series by Colleen McCullough, and rereading about Cicero, Caesar, Pompey, et al. Normally there is a satisfaction in learning who the perp was, but this one left me cold. When it is divulged, near the end, I was astonished and could only feel that Saylor had run into writers block on this one. There are nowhere near enough clues given as to the real killer. In this particular book, there is no possible way to guess who killed Numerius Pompeius. But this is not why I give the book only three stars.Ī chief pleasure in reading mysteries is trying to guess 'whodunit.' Half the time, or more, Im wrong, but the fun of doing it is still there. No one pokes fun at Caesar whenever Caesar appears in the book its basically to give Gordianus a verbal pat on the head and swan off into throngs of adoring soldiers. Saylor must have a deep respect for Julius Caesar, for while other Big Roman Names are lampooned in his books (Marc Antony, Catilina, Cicero and Pompey are the biggest), Caesar always gets preferential treatment. Rubicon : A Novel of Ancient Rome (A Novel of Ancient Rome) > Rubicon : A Novel of Ancient Rome (A Novel of Ancient Rome)īook > Rubicon : A Novel of Ancient Rome (A Novel of Ancient Rome) > Customer Reviews:

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Now, as he follows a trail of intrigue, betrayal, and ferocious battles on land and sea, the Finder is caught between the chaos of war and the terrible truth he must finally reveal.Rubicon, set in early days of the Roman Civil War, is a pivotal novel in Saylor's bestselling and critically acclaimed series of novels set in late republican Rome.

Amid the city's sordid underbelly, Gordianus learns that the murdered man was a dangerous spy. Before fleeing the city, Pompey exacts a terrible bargain from the finder of secrets: to unearth the killer or sacrifice his own son-in-law to service in Pompey's legions-and certain death.

As Caesar marches on Rome and panic erupts in the city, Gordianus the Finder discovers, in his own home, the body of Pompey's favorite cousin.

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