| A Capitol Death | |
| Country: | UK |
| Series: | Flavia Albia |
| Genre: | historical fiction, crime fiction |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Publisher2: | St. Martin's Press |
| Pub Date: | 4 April 2019 |
| Media Type: | Print, e-book, audiobook, large print |
| Isbn: | 9781473658745 |
| Preceded By: | Pandora's Boy |
| Followed By: | The Grove of the Caesars |
A Capitol Death is a historical crime novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the seventh in her Flavia Albia series. It was published in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton on 4 April 2019 .[1] [2] [3] [4]
The tale is set in November AD 89 on the Capitoline Hill, and includes a death by falling from the Tarpeian Rock, a stinking family of shell-fish boilers who produce the imperial purple dye, the preparations for Domitian's double triumph, family relationships, and augury, while Flavia and her husband are setting up their new household.[5]
The cover of the UK hardback 1st edition shows a sea shell, likely to be the dye-producing bolinus brandaris, on a purple, perhaps bloodstained, background.
In an interview with her editor Oliver Johnson, Davis discussed her successful plan to base a series of books on the seven hills of Rome, starting with the Aventine Hill and reaching the Capitoline Hill with this latest book.[6]