Ovid: Marcus Covinus #1 (Marcus Corvinus) - Softcover

Wishart, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193339739X ISBN 13: 9781933397399

Publisher: Felony & Mayhem, 2006

Synopsis

Nobleman by birth, loutish party boy by temperament, Marcus Corvinus is a citizen of ancient Rome, but he would be as much at home in a champagne-stained tux as he is in a toga. He'd like to shed that toga for the beautiful Lady Perilla, but in return for her favor she demands that Corvinus help retrieve her stepfather's ashes for burial in Rome. The task proves more difficult than expected: Perilla's stepfather was the famous poet Ovid, exiled years earlier and still loathsome in the Emperor's eyes. But Corvinus' arrogance?and letch for Perilla?keep him on course, even when the Emperor's thugs try a little up-close-and-personal persuasion.

About this title

About the Author:

David Wishart was born in Arbroath, Scotland. He studied Classics at Edinburgh University, and after a spell of teaching Latin and Greek in secondary school retrained as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language, working for various companies in Kuwait, Greece and Saudi Arabia. He returned to Scotland in 1990, and lives in Carnoustie, Angus. His first book, ‘I, Virgil’, was published in 1995; ‘Ovid’ – the first of the Marcus Corvinus series – followed a year later. He is married to Rona and has two children and (currently) four grandchildren.

Review:

A taut thriller in with Ancient Rome springs to life. --The Times (London)

Wishart takes true historical events and blends them into a concoction so pacy that you hardly notice all those interesting details of Roman life being slipped in...Salve! To the top toga-wearing 'tec!' --Highland News (UK)

About this edition

• Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 193339739X
• ISBN 13: 9781933397399
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352