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Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire - Community Reviews back

by Ruth Downie
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GaryCorby
GaryCorby rated it 14 years ago
A terrific opening to an ancient mystery series. Ruso is a Roman, a rather put-upon army doctor in an out of the way locale called Britain, right at the start of the reign of Hadrian. Ruso's divorced, he has financial problems, and he has a surplus of dead dancing girls arriving at the army base w...
By Singing Light
By Singing Light rated it 14 years ago
Enjoyable, but I don’t feel any huge need to search out the rest of the books at the moment. [Oct. 2010]
sandin954
sandin954 rated it 18 years ago
Gauis Petreius Ruso, medical officer in the Roman Legion, decides to seek his fortune at the Britannia outpost after finding out his family is in dire finanical shape. Ruso is a bit of an unformed character and is very reluctantly drawn into the mystery but the humour and overall atmosphere were ve...
Par Lance
Par Lance rated it 19 years ago
Looking forward to the next in the series!Medicus and the Disappearing Dancing Girls is the first of a series of novels that follows the misfortunes of a Roman Army Medical Officer, Gaius Petreius Ruso, after his posting from the warm climes of North Africa to the dreary grey drizzle of Deva (pron. ...
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