Medicus : a novel of the Roman Empire /

Downie, Ruth, 1955-

Medicus : a novel of the Roman Empire / Ruth Downie. - New York : Bloomsbury USA : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008, c2006. - ix, 386 p. ; 21 cm.

Originally published: London : Michael Joseph, 2006.

A down-on-his-luck Roman army doctor, Gaius Petreius Ruso decides to seek his fortune in one of the far outposts of the Roman Empire, journeying to Britannia, where he rescues an injured slave girl, Tilla, from her abusive owner.

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Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.--Fiction.


Mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.

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