UK Hardback
Century, February 2007
ISBN 978-1-846-05034-3
UK Paperback
Arrow February 2008
ISBN 978-0-099-49383-9
Australian Trade Paperback
Century 1 February 2007
New Zealand Trade Paperback
Century March 2007
Canadian Trade Paperback
Century 27 March 2007
UK Paperback
Arrow February 2008
UK Audio
BBC Audiobooks
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US Hardback
St Martin’s Minotaur, May 2007
ISBN: 978-0-312-36129-7
US Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-312-94595-4
Large Print
US Audio
BBC America Audiobooks, May 2007
US ISDN 478-0-7927-4845-8 |
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Hear Lindsey Read
‘“We
in the Fourth Cohort know how to give a turnip a good time!”’
Chosen by reader, Andy Erlanger
Read a sample chapter!
Hear Lindsey's interview on Woman's Hour when Saturnalia was
released!
Plot Summary
It is the Season of Misrule in Rome, sheer misery for Falco.
Uppity slaves give orders to their cringing masters, masters try
to hide in their studies, women are goosed, statues wobble, a
prince has a broken heart, Helena’s brother will not decide if
his heart is broken or not, children are sick and even the dog
can’t stand it any more. As the festival meant for healing
grudges riotously proceeds, a young man who has everything to
live for dies a horrific death while the security of the Empire
is compromised by the usual mixture of top brass incompetence,
bureaucratic in-fighting and popular indifference. The
barbarians are not just at the gates, they are right inside -
and that’s just the bombasts in the Praetorian Guard, encouraged
by the pernicious Chief Spy.
Doctors are making a killing. Alternative therapists are
ecstatic. Members of the Didius family are about to receive some
extremely unusual seasonal gifts. But for the non-persons on the
fringes of society life is not so jolly, and dark spirits walk
abroad (available for hire through the usual agents). Falco has
a race against time to find a dangerous missing person, aided
and hindered by faces from the past, while running the gauntlet
of the best and worst Roman society can offer as Saturnalia
entertainment. Unfortunately for him.
This is the one with the giant vegetables.

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Reviews
‘Yes we’re back in the brilliantly realized Ancient Rome of
Lindsey Davis again – and what unalloyed pleasure it is!’
Good Book Guide ‘It’s another entertaining adventure in
which as usual a lot of wine is drunk…’ Sunday Telegraph ‘‘The fans’ expectations are higher than ever and are
unlikely to be disappointed’ – The Bookseller ‘Rome is
vividly brought to life – alien yet curiously familiar. And the
story gallops along at a tremendous pace with humour and
suspense dispensed in equal measure. Saturnalia is
another rollickingly good yarn from a reliable writer’ |