Author: Mary Reed
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Mystery, Historical fiction
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9781458744364
9781890208370
1458744361
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Reed and Mayer combine the scholarship of Steven Saylor with the humor of Lindsey Davis. Starred review in Booklist 12/00.It is now two years after One For Sorrow and John the Eunuch, Lord Chamberlain to the Emperor Justinian, is faced with a new and byzantine problem: why are Constantinople's holy stylites bursting into flames as they stand atop their pillars? His investigations are hampered by a pagan philosophy tutor from his youth and a heretical Christian prophet whose ultimatums threaten to topple the Empire.
Then murder strikes close to home and John has only days to find a solution before he, his friends, his Emperor, and the city itself are destroyed. The sumptuous halls of the Great Palace and the riot-torn streets are filled with the same danger and deception. A colorful cast of characters that includes a runaway wife, servants and soldiers, madams and mendicants, a venomous court page and a wealthy landowner or two -- not to mention John's bete noire, the Empress Theodora -- adds texture to this rich, exotic tale of sixth century life and mysterious death.
This book is part of the "John the Eunuch" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Ten for Dying"
First published in 2014
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 | "Eight for Eternity"
First published in 2010
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 | "Seven for a Secret"
First published in 2008
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 | "Six for Gold"
First published in 2005
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 | "Four for a Boy"
First published in 2003
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 | "Three for a Letter"
First published in 2001
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 | "One for Sorrow"
First published in 1999
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