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| Master and God | |
| Author: | Lindsey Davis |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Historical fiction |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Pub Date: | 15 March 2012 |
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| Pages: | 496 |
| Isbn: | 9781444707328 |
Master and God is a historical novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the author of the Falco series. 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.
It is set in ancient Rome in the time of the emperor Domitian and the story features a paranoid emperor, a hairdresser's love-life, the burial alive of the Chief of the Vestal Virgins, conspiracy and death.[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".[2] A Kirkus Reviews review of the book described it as "Another detailed and witty recounting of ancient Roman life, public and private".[3]