The Pericles Commission
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Gary Corby
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312599027 (0312599021)
ASIN: 312599021
Publish date: November 9th 2010
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Humor,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Greece,
Ancient,
Mythology
Series: The Athenian Mysteries (#1)
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I can't find any other way to do it, so I'm inserting here the review of The Pericles Commission from Publishers Weekly. It's a starred review!---Those who like their historicals with a touch of humor will welcome Australian author Corby's promising debut, set in fifth-century B.C.E. Greece. When t...
I enjoyed this book all the way through. I read it in all the spare minutes I had. It meant nearly missing bus stops and staying up an extra half-hour each night to read another chapter.The first chapter is a master class on how to hook a reader. We get the murder with the great opening line: A dead...
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