![]() Cover of 1st UK hardback edition 2022 | |
Author | Lindsey Davis |
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Series | Flavia Albia |
Genre | historical fiction, crime fiction |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton, Minotaur Books |
Publication date | 7 April 2022 |
Publication place | UK |
ISBN | 9781529354713 |
Preceded by | A Comedy of Terrors |
Followed by | Fatal Legacy |
Desperate Undertaking is a historical crime novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the tenth in her Flavia Albia series. It was published in the UK on 7 April 2022 by Hodder & Stoughton ( ISBN 9781529354713) [1] and in the United States on 27 July 2022 by Minotaur Books ( ISBN 9781250799883). [2]
The tale is set in Rome in late December 89 AD, set in and around the Field of Mars, and involving murders among the theatrical community. [1] [3] It is divided into parts, of varying lengths, with titles " Laureolus", " Pasiphae", " Oedipus Rex", " Medea", " Selurus the bandit king of Sicily", " Orpheus or possibly Daedalus", " Aeschylus", " Jason" and "The Girl from Londinium". [4]
The cover of the first UK hardback edition shows a damaged bas-relief carving of a seated man contemplating a theatrical mask which he holds in his outstretched hand. [1] The image is of part of "Relief of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy, 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.", held by the Princeton University Art Museum. [5] The American cover shows a girl in a white and purple tunic looking towards a Roman theatre while clutching a large dagger. [2]
![]() Cover of 1st UK hardback edition 2022 | |
Author | Lindsey Davis |
---|---|
Series | Flavia Albia |
Genre | historical fiction, crime fiction |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton, Minotaur Books |
Publication date | 7 April 2022 |
Publication place | UK |
ISBN | 9781529354713 |
Preceded by | A Comedy of Terrors |
Followed by | Fatal Legacy |
Desperate Undertaking is a historical crime novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the tenth in her Flavia Albia series. It was published in the UK on 7 April 2022 by Hodder & Stoughton ( ISBN 9781529354713) [1] and in the United States on 27 July 2022 by Minotaur Books ( ISBN 9781250799883). [2]
The tale is set in Rome in late December 89 AD, set in and around the Field of Mars, and involving murders among the theatrical community. [1] [3] It is divided into parts, of varying lengths, with titles " Laureolus", " Pasiphae", " Oedipus Rex", " Medea", " Selurus the bandit king of Sicily", " Orpheus or possibly Daedalus", " Aeschylus", " Jason" and "The Girl from Londinium". [4]
The cover of the first UK hardback edition shows a damaged bas-relief carving of a seated man contemplating a theatrical mask which he holds in his outstretched hand. [1] The image is of part of "Relief of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy, 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.", held by the Princeton University Art Museum. [5] The American cover shows a girl in a white and purple tunic looking towards a Roman theatre while clutching a large dagger. [2]