An excellent read.

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Well worth reading

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I tried this on recommendation, having read all the Lindsey Davies's as they have been pujblished. I was not disappointed, enjoying this rather diffident, good-hearted character in his British posting. Very good narration, so often these days I am irritated by mis-pronounciations of words, or the use of 'the' instead of 'thee' for the definite article in front of a vowel which seems to have arrived with estuary English. Was not irritated once by this reader.who did great work on the differentiation of characters' voices.

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Interesting historical whodunnit

Enjoyed this book set in Roman Britain with some amusing events and nice surprise ending

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Wonderful tale we'll read

The story was excellent, characters well crafted and narration pretty good. A new author for my favourites list. A refreshing change from the usual swords and blood shed.

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Roman intrigue

Excellent mix of history and intrigue. You get taken back into time with such entertainment. I enjoyed every second of it. Didn't want it to end

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Entertaining roman romance

Nice idea to do a roman murder story centred on a doctor, and he is a good character. The romance is quite cheesy, with the pretty blonde slave occasionally fiesty but with little agency in the story. Reading is mainly good but the narrators acting falls over badly when voicing the heroine with a squeaky tone and weird accent. Not too bad though because she doesn't say much! Good pace and lots happening- entertaining listen. Liked the medical details which seemed authentic.

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did not enjoy

this is a book i could not.take to so returned it rather boring i thouht

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Loved it. Great reading by the storyteller. Looking forward to the next in the series.

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Engaging and utterly believable

For any fan of stories set in the Roman era, this will please them thoroughly. The narration is beautifully paced, sonorous and with it’s occasion departure into character accents and different sexes, it is highly skilled. But the real joy of the book is the perfectly paced unfolding of a story that is less a “whodunnit” than it is a character drama created against a completely convincing evocation of a Roman legion in Britain going about its everyday business. The story never lags, and the key characters are thoroughly likeable or detestable as required by the tale. Strongly recommended.

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Surprisingly fun story.

Never super exciting, never boring, always entertaining. Taking place at a very specific time period, and place, a fun book about the past. There were points where I would think it didn’t make historical sense, such as locals drinking beer, and speaking ‘british’. Other than that, I enjoyed it.

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Excellent listen

Really enjoyed the characters, the story, the narration and the quiet wit of the author who peppered the book with neat turns of phrase and some really incisive comments & observations on people & life in general. Will definitely be putting the next in this series on my Wishlist.

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