The Jupiter Myth.THE JUPITER MYTH. Lindsey Davis. 2002/ 2004. Read by Christian Rodska. 10 cds. 11 hrs. BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Audiobooks America. 0-7540-9621-1. $94.95. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. SA THE ACCUSERS. Lindsey Davis. 2003/2004. Read by Jamie Glover. 8 cds. 10 hrs. BBC Audiobooks America. 0-7927-3375-2. $79.95. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. SA Since The Silver Pigs was published in 1989, Lindsey Davis has been entertaining her fans with the adventures of Marcus Didius Falco Marcus Didius Falco is the endearing central character and narrator in a series of novels by Lindsey Davis. Using the conceits of modern detective stories (with Falco as the private investigator, roughly translated into the classical world as a 'private informer'), Ms. , a private investigator in Rome A.D. 75. The Jupiter Myth (#14 in the series) finds Marcus, his wife Helena and their two young daughters, Marcus' abrasive sister Maia, and his best friend Petronius stuck in Londinium investigating what seems to be a tavern brawl murder. It soon involves vicious gangs and wholesale extortion. Marcus also meets an old acquaintance, Chloris, who has become a female gladiator. Lots of fighting and gore. Rodska narrates in a seedy, guttural guttural /gut·tur·al/ (gut´er-il) faucial; pertaining to the throat. gut·tur·al adj. Of or relating to the throat. guttural pertaining to the throat. Cockney Cockney Bow Bells famous bell in East End of London; “only one who is born within the bell’s sound is a true Cockney.” [Br. Hist.: NCE, 347] Doolittle, Eliza Cockney girl taught by professor to imitate aristocracy. accent appropriate for gangsters and wine bar stewards, and provides a rollicking rol·lick·ing adj. Carefree and high-spirited; boisterous: a rollicking celebration. rol full-voiced presentation. The Accusers (# 15 in the series), which takes place back in Rome, pits Falco and Helena's two brothers, Aelianus and Justinus, against corrupt lawyers. A senator convicted of taking bribes commits suicide, but Falco and Company are not so sure. The apothecary apothecary /apoth·e·cary/ (ah-poth´e-kar?e) pharmacist. a·poth·e·car·y n. pl. a·poth·e·car·ies Abbr. ap. 1. who sold the poison pills swears they were coated with gold and would pass through the senator's system harmlessly. And yet the man is dead. There are plenty of candidates for murderer. Glover gives the novel a full-voiced reading with an upper-class accent appropriate to the august legal proceedings All actions that are authorized or sanctioned by law and instituted in a court or a tribunal for the acquisition of rights or the enforcement of remedies. . The series is highly recommended to mystery fans. Janet Julian, Grafton, MA S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code help librarian and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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