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Deadly Election
- Falco: The New Generation (Flavia Albia, Book 3)
- Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
From the creator of Falco comes Falco: The New Generation, featuring her unforgettable heroine, Flavia Albia, in her third novel.
In the blazing July heat of imperial Rome, Flavia Albia inspects a decomposing corpse. It has been discovered in lots to be auctioned by her family business, so she's determined to identify the dead man and learn how he met his gruesome end.
The investigation will give her a chance to work with the magistrate, Manlius Faustus, the friend she sadly knows to be the last chaste man in Rome. But he's got concerns other than her anonymous corpse. It's election time, and with democracy for sale at Domitian's court, tension has come to a head. Faustus is acting as an agent for a "good husband and father" whose traditional family values are being called into question. Even more disreputable are his rivals, whom Faustus wants Albia to discredit.
As Albia's and Faustus' professional and personal partnership deepens, they have to accept that for others, obsession can turn sour and become a deadly strain that leads, tragically, to murder.
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- P. F. Sheaves
- 19-04-15
The characters in these books are like members of
I loved the Falco books, and the Albia books are just as wonderful although quite different in tone. The strong stories are matched with strong characters. They are so familiar, it's like catching up with family. My only quibble is the narrator made Petro sound like a pompous old fox-hunting fool.
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- judith
- 31-07-15
brilliant
I have loved all three in this series so far. I sincerely hope that there will be more to follow. I also really want to visit Rome and to try and find some of the places mentioned. the stories really bring ancient Rome to life.
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- Mai-day
- 21-12-22
Another strong story
Was a bit disappointed with some of the accents used as they didn’t really represent some of the characters we know and love (eg Petro was made to sound too posh) but generally a good performance.
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- L. Collins
- 22-05-22
confusing
I struggle with these books and have a love hate relationship with them. too many Julia's in this one and I gave up and just let it run quietly to help send me to sleep. light books loosely based in roman times.
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- carolr
- 28-06-20
enjoyed it but struggled to sort out the Julias
narration very good. story a bit long but enjoyable with some laugh -out
loud moments
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- Sally MacAndrew
- 20-02-19
A more dry and wry narrator
I liked this narrator better than Lucy Brown who is frankly too giggly for my idea of Albia, not wonderful for Tiberius and I never saw Petro as an upper class twit but had Albia down to a 'T'
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- catriona
- 16-11-15
Please bring back Lucy Brown
Since these books are written in the first person the choice of narrator is especially important. I had really got used to the previous narrator, who voiced Flavia Albia with a wry humour and played the other parts very well. While I still enjoyed the narrative, it was harder to connect with this narrator and her male voices, in particular, were unconvincing.
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- Lizzie
- 11-04-15
Davis has done it again!
I didn't think that the Falco character could be followed and matched, but here is the proof. The third novel in the series is an excellent listen. The novel is well plotted and the characters fully developed. The reader's performance was adept and nuanced.
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- A. Moore
- 27-08-22
excellent installment in the series.
another cracking tale, lots of interesting historical background, some great characters in the developing saga of Flavia Alba. very competently read, too. great story for lovers of the genre.
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- AnnaB
- 02-07-22
Rome and an ancient mystery
Loved it, narrator was very easy to listen to. I previously read all of Lindsey Davies Falco series which are wonderful. I am enjoying this new branch of the family on Audible. These books bring ancient Rome to life - in all its glory
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