Author | Lindsey Davis |
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Series | Flavia Albia |
Genre | historical fiction, crime fiction |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton, St. Martin's Press |
Publication date | 2 April 2020 |
Publication place | UK |
Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook, large print |
ISBN | 9781529374247 |
Preceded by | A Capitol Death |
Followed by | A Comedy of Terrors |
The Grove of the Caesars is a historical crime novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the eighth in her Flavia Albia series. It was published in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton on 2 April 2020 (ISBN 9781529374247).[1][2]
The story is set in 1st century Rome, in and around the gardens beyond the Tiber, and features a serial killer, a buried collection of ancient scrolls, a shipwreck, a sad pair of dancing boys and much else.[1] It reflects on the follies of the world of antiquarian scroll-collecting, with special reference to the writer Didymus Dodomos, described in the list of characters as "a ghastly horticulturalist, ghost-written".[3]