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Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire

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Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire

Book Review by SemproniaOctavia 

 

In Medicus, Ruth Downie uses the tensions between Roman army and British locals to create a believable historical setting and a page-turning mystery  Roman army medic Gaius Petrius Ruso is just trying to keep up appearances for his impoverished family without letting anyone know just how deeply in debt his father was. When an old army buddy, Valens, suggests that Ruso join him in a forsaken outpost of the Roman empire, Ruso jumps at the chance to make some money and maybe also to get away from his ex-wife. Of course, Valens hadn’t quite mentioned all the miserable weather, surly natives and hospital bureaucracy that Ruso would encounter in Britannia...

 

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