Persona Non Grata
A Novel of the Roman Empire
By Ruth Downie
(Bloomsbury USA, Hardcover, 9781596916098, 368pp.)
Publication Date: July 7, 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Compact Disc, Compact Disc, MP3 CD, Paperback
Categories: Historical - General
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the August 2009 Indie Notables“What does it mean for injured Roman military physician Gaius Petreius Russo when an anonymous missive demands he come home immediately? After stormy sailing to the family home in southern Gaul, Russo finds his family facing bankruptcy, sinister investigators, and a death or two. Whew! Life in the war-torn, tribal lands of Rome's British outposts begins to look better and better.”
-- Becky Milner, Vintage Books, Vancouver, WA
Description
The third novel in the acclaimed Gaius Petreius Ruso series by the New York Times bestselling Ruth Downie—this time set in ancient Gaul. Ruth Downie is published as R.S. Downie in the UK, and this book is available there under the title Ruso and the Root of All Evils.
At long last, Gaius Petreius Ruso and his companion, Tilla, are headed home—to Gaul. Having received a note consisting only of the words “COME HO ME!” Ruso has (reluctantly, of course) pulled up stakes and brought T illa to meet his family. But the reception there is not what Ruso has hoped for: no one will admit to sending for him, and his brother Lucius is hoping he’ll leave. With Tilla getting icy greetings from his relatives, Lucius’s brother-inlaw mysteriously drowned at sea, and the whole Ruso family teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, it’s hard to imagine an unhappier reunion. That is, until Severus, the family’s chief creditor, winds up dead, and the real trouble begins… Engrossing, intricate, and—as always—wonderfully comic, Ruth Downie’s latest is a brilliant new installment in this irresistible series. This is everything we’ve come to expect from our charming, luckless hero.About the Author
Ruth Downie is the author of the New York Times bestseller Medicus and Terra Incognita. She is married with two sons and lives in Milton Keynes, England.
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