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Lindsey Davis

Auteur de Les Cochons d'argent

53+ oeuvres 23,992 utilisateurs 658 critiques 99 Favoris

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Lindsey Davis lives in London, England. (Publisher Provided) Lindsey Davis was born in Birmingham, England in 1949. She earned her English degree at Oxford. Her published works include The Course of Honour and The Silver Pigs, the first in the Falco series which won the Authors' Club Best First afficher plus Novel award in 1989. In 1999 she received the Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective for her creation, Marcus Didius Falco. (Publisher Provided) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Lindsey Davis

Les Cochons d'argent (1989) 2,381 exemplaires
A l'ombre des conspirateurs (1990) 1,418 exemplaires
Une Veuve romaine (1990) 1,240 exemplaires
Voyage en Germanie (1989) 1,183 exemplaires
Dernier acte à Palmyre (1994) 1,055 exemplaires
A Dying Light in Corduba (1996) 1,032 exemplaires
L'Or de Poséidon (1992) 1,027 exemplaires
Two for the Lions (1998) 1,025 exemplaires
Three Hands in the Fountain (1997) 1,007 exemplaires
Le Temps des adieux (1995) 1,005 exemplaires
A Body in the Bath House (2001) 946 exemplaires
One Virgin Too Many (1999) 932 exemplaires
The Jupiter Myth (2002) 899 exemplaires
Scandal Takes a Holiday (2004) 889 exemplaires
See Delphi and Die (2006) 880 exemplaires
Ode to a Banker (2000) 876 exemplaires
Saturnalia (2007) 831 exemplaires
The Accusers (2003) 808 exemplaires
Alexandria (2009) 688 exemplaires
The Course of Honour (1997) 630 exemplaires
Nemesis (2010) 527 exemplaires
The Ides of April (2013) 439 exemplaires
Enemies at Home (2014) 265 exemplaires
Deadly Election (2015) 228 exemplaires
Rebels and Traitors (2009) 224 exemplaires
Master and God (2012) 201 exemplaires
The Graveyard of the Hesperides (2016) 190 exemplaires
The Third Nero (2017) 165 exemplaires
Pandora's Boy (2018) 154 exemplaires
A Capitol Death (2019) — Auteur — 121 exemplaires
The Grove of the Caesars (2020) — Auteur — 106 exemplaires
A Comedy of Terrors (2021) — Auteur — 96 exemplaires
Falco: The Official Companion (2010) 92 exemplaires
Desperate Undertaking (2022) — Auteur — 77 exemplaires
Falco on His Metal (1999) 69 exemplaires
The Spook Who Spoke Again (2015) 53 exemplaires
Fatal Legacy (2023) — Auteur — 52 exemplaires
Falco on the Loose (2003) 29 exemplaires
Invitation to Die (2019) 28 exemplaires
A Cruel Fate (2014) 26 exemplaires
Vesuvius by Night (2017) 25 exemplaires
The Silver Pigs [BBC Drama] (2005) 16 exemplaires
Venus in Copper [BBC Drama] (2006) 9 exemplaires
The Iron Hand of Mars [BBC Drama] (2007) 9 exemplaires
Poseidon's Gold [BBC Drama] (2009) 8 exemplaires
Death on the Tiber (2024) 4 exemplaires
Shadows in Bronze [BBC Drama] (2005) — Original author — 4 exemplaires

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La vie et les opinions de Tristram Shandy, gentilhomme (1759) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions7,626 exemplaires
Count Belisarius (1938) — Introduction, quelques éditions1,019 exemplaires
Classical Whodunits (1996) — Contributeur, quelques éditions188 exemplaires
The Best British Mysteries 2005 (2005) — Contributeur — 127 exemplaires
Past Poisons (2005) — Contributeur — 110 exemplaires
Malice Domestic 6 (1997) — Contributeur — 92 exemplaires
The Detection Collection (2005) — Contributeur — 76 exemplaires
The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001) — Contributeur — 68 exemplaires
Murder Through the Ages (2000) — Contributeur — 54 exemplaires
Mysterious Pleasures (2003) — Contributeur — 34 exemplaires
Perfectly Criminal (1996) — Contributeur — 23 exemplaires
Deadly Pleasures (2013) — Contributeur — 19 exemplaires
Crime in the City (2004) — Avant-propos — 9 exemplaires
A Love Letter to Europe: An Outpouring of Sadness and Hope (2019) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires

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Lindsay Davis à Historical Mysteries (Décembre 2015)

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I was so impressed when I re-read the first Falco book, 'The Silver Pigs', that I decided to re-read the next book in the series, 'Shadows In Bronze' immediately.

I'd read the book before, thirtyish years ago, but, unlike 'The Silver Pigs' I couldn't remember any of the details. In retrospect, I should have taken that as a warning.

I dived in with enthusiasm and enjoyed the opening scenes, which were vivid and crisp and full of action. My only frustration was that Gordon Griffin had been chosen as the narrator. He's a good narrator but, to me, he seemed too old and too officer-class to voice Falco. I much preferred Christian Rodska who gave Falco a finely judged working-class swagger tinged with humour.

The book started to flag pretty much as soon as Falco left Rome. It's hard to describe someone spending nine days hanging around a temple with only a goat for company and still keep things interesting. Falco briefly returned to Rome, although nothing much happened there and then headed out, slowly, to Naples, using his friend Petro and his family as cover. Again, nothing much happened. By now I was four and a half hours into a fifteen-hour audiobook and I realised that I was bored and disappointed

The plot and the people were meandering. There was a large cast of characters but I didn't get to know much about any of them. There was no tension at all, even though Falco is being hunted by a killer and has placed Petro's family in the firing line. Helena Justina barely appears in the first third of the book and her absence left a hole that Falco and his goat couldn't fill. Falco's humour runs thin when he spends so much time alone. It didn't help that Gordon Griffith didn't seem to be able to make the humour work very well.

At 466 pages, 'Shadows In Bronze' is over 30% longer than 'The Silver Pigs' and the story seems to have spread out to fill the available space. I think it would have benefitted from being edited down by a hundred pages or so.

I decided to set the book aside. I'll give it a few weeks and then try again with 'Venus In Copper', it's set in Rome and is only 366 pages, so I have hopes of a return to form.
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MikeFinnFiction | 38 autres critiques | Mar 10, 2024 |
I last read 'The Silver Pigs' thirty years ago. It was a revelation, a wonderful amalgam of historical fiction and murder mystery with just a touch of romance. I instantly became a fan and followed Falco all the way through to 'Nemesis' the twentieth Falco book, which I finished more than a decade ago.

I'd promised myself that I would get back to these books once I'd retired and had time on my hands. What I hadn't allowed for was that my eyesight would no longer be good enough to read all the Falco books on my shelves.

So I decided to work my way through the series using the audiobook versions.

I've had 'The Silver Pigs' audiobook on my shelves since 2015. I kept putting off reading it. I was afraid that I'd find that what had enchanted me thirty years ago would now feel dated and slow.

Instead, I found that the book still sparkles and that the thirty-year gap was long enough for enough details to fade from my memory that the story felt fresh and carried a few surprises.

'The Silver Pigs' has a solid plot that uncovers a political conspiracy that spans the Empire from the Forum in Rome to the silver mines in the Mendip hills of Britain. Even on a re-read, I was kept guessing about who had done what and how/if the bad guys would be brought to justice.

But it's not the plot that makes this book shine, it's the characters of Marcus Didius Falco, Private Informer and Helena Justina, a senator's daughter.

Falco is a poor son of Rome. Thirty years old and unmarried. A republican in a time of emperors. A former Legionnaire who served in Britain during the uprising. I loved his swagger, his cynicism his almost pathological defiance of authority and his self-deprecating humour. The story is told with dry humour by an older version of Falco, looking back, mostly tolerantly, at the events that shaped his adult life.

Helena Justina is a strong-willed, intelligent woman who has recently divorced her husband on the grounds of neglect. As a senator's daughter, she is two social classes higher than Falco. I loved that Helena Justina was more than a love interest for Falco. She is just as strong and as capable as he is. She knows her own mind and her decisions and actions drive a lot of the plot.

The most unexpected thing for me in this re-read was how hard I was hit by the description of Falco's term of (undercover) slavery in the silver mine. This was brutal and brought Falco to the edge of despair.

I listened to the audiobook version of 'The Silver Pigs' performed by Christian Rodska who captured Falco perfectly.

I've decided to continue re-reading Falco. I've started the second book, 'Shadows In Bronze' which, unfortunately, has a different narrator, Gordon Griffiths, who I'm still trying to get used to. He's good but his version of Falco sounds a little too officer class for my tastes.
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MikeFinnFiction | 77 autres critiques | Mar 7, 2024 |
Rome A.D. 90. A mobster chief is dead and rival gangs are vying for position. During these events the body of Claudia Deiana, wife to old adversary Gaius Florius Opppicus who is back from Britain, is discovered. Can finding the killer be jeopardised by Flavia seeking revenge on Florius.
An entertaining and well-written historical mystery with its cast of likeable and varied characters. Another good addition to this enjoyable series.
 
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Vesper1931 | 1 autre critique | Mar 4, 2024 |
Roman informer Marcus Didius Falco’s latest investigation keeps him close to home since it revolves around secrets that his soldier brother, Festus, might have been hiding on his last visit to Rome before his death. Falco teams up with is estranged father, Geminus, to search for the truth. Helena Justina once again provides loyal support. Davis gives a new twist to the wise-cracking private eye novel by setting the series in ancient Rome, and by the fifth book in the series I think she’s found a balance that will appeal to fans of either mystery subgenre.… (plus d'informations)
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cbl_tn | 20 autres critiques | Feb 11, 2024 |

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Œuvres
53
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Membres
23,992
Popularité
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Évaluation
3.8
Critiques
658
ISBN
951
Langues
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Favoris
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