Reed and Mayer combine the scholarship of Steven Saylor with the humor of Lindsey Davis. It is now two years after One for Sorrow and John the Eunuch, Lord Chamberlain to the Emperor Justinian, is faced with a new and byzantine problem...
John the Eunuch (Fictitious character)
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Author:Reed, Mary, Mayer, EricSummary:Why are sheep in a remote Egyptian village cutting their own throats? That’s the mystery Emperor Justinian inexplicably sends his Lord Chamberlain John the Eunuch to solve, at the very time John desperately needs to clear himself of...
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Author:Reed, Mary, Mayer, EricSummary:Who killed the mosaic girl? As Lord Chamberlain, John spends his days counseling Emperor Justinian while passing the small hours of night in conversation with the solemn-eyed little girl depicted in a mosaic on his study wall. He never...
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Author:Reed, Mary, Mayer, EricSummary:Byzantium, capitol of the sixth century Roman Empire, simmers a rich stew of creeds, cultures, and citizens with a sprinkling of cutthroats and crimes. John the Eunuch, Emperor Justinian’s Lord Chamberlain, orders a Christian court...
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Author:Reed, Mary, Mayer, EricSummary:In 525 Constantinople nothing is as it should be. The winter is unnaturally cold, and the palace has fallen under the sway of both the shade of the wife of the dying Emperor Justin and Theodora, the former actress his gravely ill...
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Author:Reed, Mary, Mayer, EricSummary:The year is 542. While plague stalks Constantinople, an angel sets John the Eunuch on the trail of a human killer. Peter, John’s elderly servant, claims a heavenly visitor revealed a murder to him. It transpires Peter’s old army friend...
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Author:Reed, Mary, Mayer, EricSummary:In January 532, mobs ruled Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire. Against a murderous backdrop lit by raging fires, John, Chamberlain to Emperor Justinian, must find those seeking to use the Nika Riots to dethrone the emperor. But...
