A prequel to the best-selling Roma Sub Rosa series traces 18-year-old Gordianus's journey to the Seven Wonders of the World, each of which pose a mystery that challenges his budding powers of deduction and the tenacity of celebrated poet Antipater of Sidon, who fakes his death to accompany young Gor
The purple quest, a novel of seafaring adventure in the ancient world
โ Scribed by Slaughter, Frank Gill
- Publisher
- Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday
- Year
- 1965
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 195 KB
- Series
- UC
- Category
- Fiction
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