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Chargement... Nobody Loves a Centurionpar John Maddox Roberts
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Deicus in Gaul with Caesar learns that Germans are not simple barbarians When Decius joins Caesar's army in Gaul, he soon makes himself unpopular. But he is the only person Caesar can ask to investigate the murder of a brutal centurion. Was he killed by his own men or by the one of the enemy forces preparing to fight against the Romans? Exciting, atmospheric thriller/mystery. "Men do not achieve the centurionate by being mild. Nobody loves a centurion. But they're seldom murdered." So says Caesar to Decius Metellus the Younger, who is putting in his mandatory year of military service in Gaul with Caesar. A brutal centurion has been murdered; Burrus, one of Decius's clients, and prime suspect, along with the other members of his contubernium, has been accused of the murder. Unless the murderer can be found in ten days, the squad will be executed. So Decius and his slave Hermes hop to their investigation. Their nosiness leads them to a German encampment, where damning evidence leads Decimus to a culprit. But, afterwards, back at the camp, trying to piece together anamolies in the chain of events, he has second thoughts.... Pacing was good and Decius was a likeable character. Nice to know that Decimus acted as Caesar's secretary and in proofing Caesar's notes, had to figure out Caesar's atrocious handwriting and correct his miserable spelling. I'd say the grammar was fine; nothing was said about it one way or the other and Caesar's still being read today. :) I figured out the significance of the death early on but I didn't guess the real culprit. This was a quick, fun read. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Julius Caesar, as we know, arrived in Gaul (now France) and announced "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered." But when Decius Metellus arrives from Rome, not seeking military glory but rather avoiding an enemy currently in power, he finds that although the general came and saw, so far, at least, he has far from conquered. The campaign seems at a standstill. Decius' arrival disappoints the great Caesar as well. He has been waiting for promised reinforcements from Rome, an influx of soldiers to restart his invasion. Instead he is presented with one young man ridiculously decked out in military parade finery and short on military skills, accompanied not by eager troops but by one callow and reluctant slave, the feckless Hermes. It soon develops, however, that Decius' arrival was fortuitous. When Vinius, the army's cruelest centurion (so-called because he commands 100 soldiers), is found murdered, Caesar remembers that his new recruit has successfully come up with the culprit in a number of recent crimes. Murder is bad for morale, particularly since it seems quite clear that the murderer was one of Caesar's men. Caesar orders Decius to find the killer--and quickly. Although evidence points to the son of one of Decius' clients--a youth who was the particular target of the centurion's brutality--Decius racks his brain to find a way to save him from the sentence of death. The investigation leads Decius to two German slaves of the dead man--a dwarfish old man and a beautiful woman. They are puzzling; the man is arrogant, the woman haughty--very unlike slaves. There are unanswered questions. It soon becomes clear to Decius that only by finding and punishing the real murderer will it be possible to quiet the rising dissatisfaction with Caesar's unorthodox method of warfare and forestall a mutiny against the mighty Caesar's authority and aims. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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