Good for her for moving away from them, although she hasn't moved very far from Falco's time. I was so disappointed when it ended....I wanted it to be longer! Impossible d'ajouter l'article à votre liste. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading this book, and it would be wrong reducing Lindsey Davis to her Falco series. Sélectionnez la section dans laquelle vous souhaitez faire votre recherche. This writer's Roman detective novels are full of twists, are fast paced, and feed the information about history and Roman culture in easy-to-digest doses. God contrasted Himself with Ba‘al the dictatorial slave-master; instead, He is like a loving husband. It is also to some extent based on a character mentioned in a passage from Suetonius, but the two protagonists are essentially entirely fictional. This writer's Roman detective novels are full of twists, are fast paced, and feed the information about history and Roman culture in easy-to-digest doses. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, + $12.31 Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to Germany. (And a funny one, too, if you ever hear her speak, which I did.) © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. ou ses filiales. Her Marcus Didius Falco series is fabulous entertainment, highly recommended, and includes quite an education on life in Ancient Rome. Tatsuro Kiuchi • Follow Following Unfollow. Il analyse également les commentaires pour vérifier leur fiabilité. Client: Asunaroshobo. Please try again. Once again, author Lindsey Davis has combined extensive research, solid guesses/ fiction and writing that just takes you back 2000 years. Vous écoutez un extrait de l'édition audio Audible, Master and God by Lindsey Davis (May 01,2012), Hodder & Stoughton (May 01,2012) (1 janvier 1657). Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020. Vos articles vus récemment et vos recommandations en vedette. a charming love story set in a pretty ugly time, Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2013. Need to know things about Rome from Vespasian through to the Fall of the Empire? Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. I am a big fan of Linsday Davis, particularly the Didius Falco series. The two of them are brought together in an unlikely manner―a devastating fire in Rome―which then leads to a lifelong friendship.Together they watch Domitian's once talented rule unravel into madness and cruelty, until the people closest to him conspire to delete him from history. Master and God is a historical novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the author of the Falco series. Please try again. Nous voudrions effectuer une description ici mais le site que vous consultez ne nous en laisse pas la possibilité. Le joueur y incarne Fenyx, un héros personnalisable, dont les aventures sont contées par l'auteur de l'Odyssée Homère. However, in other books, her attention to historical detail hasn't detracted from the story. Partly, it is because I kept expecting Falco and Helena to appear somewhere, which is perhaps slightly unfair, as these books are meant to be independent of the series, but also because the narrative voice is not as warm and engaging. Please try your request again later. It was first published in the UK on 15 March 2012 by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United States on 5 June 2012 by St Martin's Press. St. Martin's Press; 1st Edition (June 5, 2012), For some reason, not as entertaining as I thought it would be, Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2020. She is an author who has got stuck with a series and a set of characters. I love her work, and think you will too. Achetez neuf ou d'occasion 伊集院静さんの『親方と神様』装画と挿絵／あすなろ書房. If the book had an extra hundred pages, it might have allowed for enough development of character rather than a quick scrape through the surface. À la place, notre système tient compte de facteurs tels que l'ancienneté d'un commentaire et si le commentateur a acheté l'article sur Amazon. Domitian is of course a real historical character; Lindsey Davis does give him more credit than he usually gets for some of his positive achievements - although it is always clear that he is a fickle tyrant who imposes a reign of terror. Set in the reign of the Emperor Domitian in first-century Rome, Master and God is Lindsey Davis’s meticulously researched epic novel of the life and times surrounding the last of the Flavian dynasty of emperors. I did. When it is used for God, it has a stronger note of reverence so it is translated “Lord.” Master in … Désolé, un problème s'est produit lors de l'enregistrement de vos préférences en matière de cookies. [1], In a review for The Independent, Jane Jakeman called the narrative "rapid" and described the story as "well told with much sharp-edged detail". More!!!! Les membres Amazon Prime profitent de la livraison accélérée gratuite sur des millions d’articles, d’un accès à des milliers de films et séries sur Prime Video, et de nombreux autres avantages. Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2014. Veuillez réessayer. But "Master and God" was slightly tough going and the characters less engaging that her hard-boiled Roman detective. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA items qualify for FREE Shipping and Amazon Prime. Having finished 'The Course of Honour' I was hungry for more in the same vein, so I turned to this and was not disappointed. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Afficher ou modifier votre historique de navigation, Recyclage (y compris les équipements électriques et électroniques), Annonces basées sur vos centres d’intérêt. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. From New York Times bestselling novelist Lindsey Davis comes an epic novel of first-century Rome and the Emperor Domitian, known to all of the Roman world as Master and God. Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2015. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2013. Des tiers approuvés ont également recours à ces outils dans le cadre de notre affichage d’annonces. I found the book about Vespasian much the same as this one about his son, Domitian. Noté /5. There's more to Lindsey Davis than Falco. Cover and interior illustration for Master and God, a novel by Shizuka Ijuin. Vespasian's younger son Domitian became Emperor when his older brother Titus, seemingly beloved by all and certainly a smart and appealing charmer, died after only two years as Emperor.