A Capitol Death

A Capitol Death

Cover of 2019 UK first edition
Author	Lindsey Davis
Country	UK
Series	Flavia Albia
Genre	historical fiction, crime fiction
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton, St. Martin's Press
Publication 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 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 (ISBN 9781473658745) .^[1]

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.

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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