[SPQR 13.10] • Venus in Pearls
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- Authors
- Roberts, John Maddox
- Tags
- novella , roman , crime & mystery , crime , rome
- Date
- 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.24 MB
- Lang
- en
Summary:
Rome 46BC:
Although somewhat tired of being Gaius Julius Caesar's dogsbody, Decius agrees to find his pearly breastplate in advance of the Triumph. Caesar's grand-niece Julia also appears. The titular Venus statue does not appear to be historical.
(Originally published as a short story in 'Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine' (July/August 2001)