![]() ![]() ![]() Falco mused: “I was reluctant to let her discover so soon that it was the same old round of trudging after villains who chose to slouch through the streets when I wanted my lunch.” ![]() His mother was happy with Falco’s new job working for the Palace, having convinced herself it involved good money and simple work. įalco is very much involved with his large family, since his father is dead and he is now the titular head of the family. Falco figured he needed at least four hundred thousand sesterces to be able to approach Helena. The appeal of this was that Falco might then be able to marry (or even date!) the love of his life, Helena Justina, who was a Roman senator’s daughter. While Falco was politically a republican rather than a believer in emperors, Vespasian suggested he might raise Falco’s social rank if he worked as an imperial agent. Set in Rome, late spring, AD 71, this installment is narrated by 30-year-old Marcus Didius Falco, a free citizen of Rome, and a private informer (i.e., private investigator), occasionally employed by Roman Emperor Vespasian. ![]()
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