Medicus

A Novel of the Roman Empire

By Ruth Downie
(Thorndike Press, Hardcover, Large Print, 9780786296026, 629pp.)

Publication Date: June 2007

Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (March 4, 2008), Hardcover (March 6, 2007)

Categories: Historical - General, Mystery & Detective - Historical

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Gaius Petrius Ruso is a divorced and down-on-his luck army doctor who has made the rash decision to seek his fortune in an inclement outpost of the Roman Empire, namely Britannia. When he rescues an injured slave girl, she drags trouble in her wake.
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