Robert Colton
Auteur de Pompeii: A Tale of Murder in Ancient Rome
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Œuvres de Robert Colton
Pompeii 3 exemplaires
Murder Most Convenient (Mrs. Xavier Stayton, #1) 2 exemplaires
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- male
- Courte biographie
- After many years of studying Ancient Rome Robert Colton began to focus on the last generations that inhabited the city of Pompeii. Fascinated with the evidence left behind, the people of the lost city became very tangible.
Pompeii: A Tale of Murder in Ancient Rome introduces Marcellus and Tay as the two nineteen year old men arrive in Pompeii. Marcellus, who narrates the stories, plays witness to the actual protagonist, his Egyptian companion named Tay.
Colton set out to follow some of the classical Roman theatrical characters with the assembled cast. The clever slave who pulls the strings, the handsome youth who isn't as bright as he thinks he is, the angry old man who attempts to foil them both and the beautiful woman who needs to be saved -are found in his work. Each character springs from the conventional purpose into story lines that defy convention. [retrieved 5/24/2014 from Amamzon.com]
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While preparations are underway to re-open Pompeii's arena for gladiatorial games, a severed head is found on a pole one morning, with the rest of the body having been partially burned in a nearby stretch of woodland. The fathers of the sponsors of the games ask Tay to investigate.
The latest installment in this series is a quick, fun read but doesn't seem to do much to move the overall story arc along.
The latest installment in this series is a quick, fun read but doesn't seem to do much to move the overall story arc along.
Mrs Xavier Stayton is crossing the Atlantic by liner to meet a literary agent when one of the passengers goes missing. A suicide note is found and it is assumed she jumped overboard. But did she? Mrs Stayton uncovers wheels within wheels.
A fun romp which passed an hour or two pleasantly.
A fun romp which passed an hour or two pleasantly.
Mrs. Xavier Stayton, a rich young widow at something of a loose end in the 1920s, decides to write a detective novel in an attempt to displace a certain other novelist in the public's affections. She goes to stay with members of her late husband's family in Bedfordshire to soak up the requisite atmosphere but fiction and reality unfortunately collide.
The reader is truly privileged to see this delightful work straight from Mrs. Xavier's pen, or rather her companion's typewriter, before the publisher makes the changes which Mrs. X herself admits may be necessary to ready it for the public. I am looking forward to her next effusion.… (plus d'informations)
The reader is truly privileged to see this delightful work straight from Mrs. Xavier's pen, or rather her companion's typewriter, before the publisher makes the changes which Mrs. X herself admits may be necessary to ready it for the public. I am looking forward to her next effusion.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 15
- Membres
- 67
- Popularité
- #256,179
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 10
Another quick and easy 1920s romp.