The Ides of April: Falco: The New Generation

288 Pages·2013·1.2 MB·English

by  Davis Lindsey

Table of Contents
Also by Lindsey Davis
Title Page
Copyright
Rome, the Aventine Hill
The Cast
Rome, the Aventine Hill: March–April AD 89
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Historical Note
Also by Lindsey Davis
The Course of Honour Rebels and Traitors Master and God THE FALCO
SERIES
Silver Pigs
Shadows in Bronze Venus in Copper The Iron Hand of Mars Poseidon’s Gold
Last Act in Palmyra Time to Depart
A Dying Light in Corduba Three Hands in the Fountain Two for the Lions One
Virgin too Many Ode to a Banker A Body in the Bath House The Jupiter Myth
The Accusers
Scandal Takes a Holiday See Delphi and Die Saturnalia
Alexandria
Nemesis Falco: The Official Companion
THE IDES OF APRIL
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THE CAST
Neighbours and Family
Flavia Albia ready for anything, expecting
nothing good
Marcus Didius Falco & her mother and father, typical
Helena Justina parents
Julia and Favonia her younger sisters, normal girls
Postumus their little brother, a very strange
boy
Ferret looking for trouble
Junillus a cousin, deaf but far from dumb
The late Lentullus a good man who died young
Rodan a bad gladiator who won’t die
Prisca a bathhouse proprietor
Serena her small strong masseuse
Chloe and Zoe big strong gladiating girls
The Mythembal family local cover for Albia
Robigo an urban fox
Titus Morellus a vigiles investigator, useless but
useful
Cassius Scaurus his superior, an inferior tribune
Felix Falco’s driver, a decoy
Kicker his mule, a good mover
Piddle, Diddle and Willikins three hens involved in law evasion

The Dead and their Mourners
Lucius Bassus deceased aged three, a tragedy
Salvidia deceased, the client who never
pays
Metellus Nepos a misguided client, who does pay
Metellus Nepos a misguided client, who does pay
Celendina an elderly victim who said too
much
Kylo her son, who remembers nothing
Lupus deceased, aged 15, another
tragedy
Lupus’ father and brothers who saw nothing fishy
Julius Viator aged 23, fit, boring and deceased
Cassiana Clara his forlorn widow, hiding
something
Laia Gratiana in the Ceres cult, a woman with a
past
Venusia her maid, saying nothing
Marcia Balbilla a rival cult initiate, a woman of
surprises
Ino her maid, deceased, a touching
memory
A funeral director doing well out of all this

Other Interested Parties
The Goddess Ceres bringer of plenty (of trouble)
Andronicus an archivist, a curiously attractive
prospect
Tiberius an undercover agent, with
questions to answer
Manlius Faustus a plebeian aedile, an unknown
quantity
ROME, the Aventine Hill:
March–April AD 89