title: A Dying Light in Corduba: A Marcus Didius Falco Novel
author:  Lindsey Davis 
description: "With the passing of Ellis Peters, the title Queen of the Historical Whodunnit is temporarily vacant. Lindsey Davis is well suited to assume it and she is funnier than Peters... Davis' books make old Rome sound fun... it is all so enjoyable." --<i>The Times</i>
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  A DYING LIGHT IN CORDUBA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A Novel ofMarcus Didius Falco
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lindsey Davis
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by Arrow Books in 1997
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © Lindsey Davis 1996  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  First published in the United Kingdom in 1996 by Century Books
  
  
  
  
  
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  is available from the British Library
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN 0 09 933891 2  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In Memory of Edith Pargeter
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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