{"product_id":"spqr-xii-john-maddox-roberts-9780312538958","title":"Spqr XII: Oracle of the Dead: A Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eDecius Caecilius Metellus, this year's magistrate for cases involving foreigners, thinks he is merely visiting one of the local attractions of southern Italy when he takes a party to visit the Oracle of the Dead, a pre-Roman cult site located at the end of a tunnel dug beneath a temple of Apollo. But there is a bitter rivalry between the priests of Apollo and those of Hecate, who guard the oracle, and when the priests are all killed, the countryside looks to explode in violence as Greeks, Romans, and native Italians of several conquered nations bring out old enmities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis riveting historical series began with the Edgar Award-nominated \u003ci\u003eSPQR I: The King's Gambit\u003c\/i\u003e and has gone on to international success in thirteen languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Maddox Roberts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312538952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312538958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Minotaur Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"John Maddox Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988118143231,"sku":"9780312538958","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0a6350d-95ad-4118-ad59-41ef05db20e9.jpg?v=1683292724","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spqr-xii-john-maddox-roberts-9780312538958","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}