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Название книги: Scandal takes a Holiday
Автор(ы): Lindsey Davis
Жанр: Исторический детектив
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Scandal-takes-a-Holiday-192610.html
AUGUST AD 76
If he chucks a stone, he's done for," muttered Petronius. I'll have the little tyke It was a hot day along the waterfront at the mouth of the Tiber in Ostia. Petro and I had badly needed a drink. It was so hot we only made it to just outside the vigiles patrol house and into the first bar. This was a sad backtrack. Our principle had always been, Never go into the first bar you see because it is bound to be rubbish." For the past fifteen years or so, since we met in the queue to enlist for the legions, whenever we sought refreshment we had always strolled a good distance away from home and work, in case we were followed and found. Actually we had sat in numerous bars that were rubbish but not many that were full of associates we wanted to avoid and very few that our women knew about. Don't get me wrong. We two were pious Romans with traditional values. Of course we admired our colleagues and adored our womenfolk. Just like old Brutus, any orator could say of us that Mar
Название книги: Scandal takes a Holiday
Автор(ы): Lindsey Davis
Жанр: Исторический детектив
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Scandal-takes-a-Holiday-192610.html
AUGUST AD 76
If he chucks a stone, he's done for," muttered Petronius. I'll have the little tyke It was a hot day along the waterfront at the mouth of the Tiber in Ostia. Petro and I had badly needed a drink. It was so hot we only made it to just outside the vigiles patrol house and into the first bar. This was a sad backtrack. Our principle had always been, Never go into the first bar you see because it is bound to be rubbish." For the past fifteen years or so, since we met in the queue to enlist for the legions, whenever we sought refreshment we had always strolled a good distance away from home and work, in case we were followed and found. Actually we had sat in numerous bars that were rubbish but not many that were full of associates we wanted to avoid and very few that our women knew about. Don't get me wrong. We two were pious Romans with traditional values. Of course we admired our colleagues and adored our womenfolk. Just like old Brutus, any orator could say of us that Mar
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