Master and God

Master and God
	First edition
Author	Lindsey Davis
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Historical fiction
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date	15 March 2012
Media type	Print
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]

Reviews[]

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]

References[]

^ "Master & God". The Official Website of Lindsey Davis. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
^ Jakeman, Jane (23 May 2012). "Master and God, By Lindsey Davis". The Independent. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
^ "MASTER AND GOD". Kirkus Reviews. 17 June 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

External links[]

"Master and God". Hodder & Stoughton. Retrieved 17 August 2012. Publisher's website

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[1] "Master & God". The Official Website of Lindsey Davis. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

[2] Jakeman, Jane (23 May 2012). "Master and God, By Lindsey Davis". The Independent. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

[3] "MASTER AND GOD". Kirkus Reviews. 17 June 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

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v t Marcus Didius Falco series by Lindsey Davis
Falco series	The Silver Pigs (1989) Shadows in Bronze (1990) Venus in Copper (1991) The Iron Hand of Mars (1992) Poseidon's Gold (1993) Last Act in Palmyra (1994) Time to Depart (1995) A Dying Light in Corduba (1996) Three Hands in the Fountain (1997) Two for the Lions (1998) One Virgin Too Many (1999) Ode to a Banker (2000) A Body in the Bath House (2001) The Jupiter Myth (2002) The Accusers (2003) Scandal Takes a Holiday (2004) See Delphi and Die (2005) Saturnalia (2007) Alexandria (2009) Nemesis (2010)
Albia series	The Ides of April (2013) Enemies at Home (2014) Deadly Election (2015) The Graveyard of the Hesperides (2016) The Third Nero (2017) Pandora's Boy (2018) A Capitol Death (2019) The Grove of the Caesars (2020) A Comedy of Terrors (2021)
Related works	The Course of Honour (1997) Falco: The Official Companion (2010) Master and God (2012) "The Spook Who Spoke Again" (2015) "Vesuvius By Night" (2017)