Desperate Undertaking
 Cover of 1st UK hardback edition 2022 | |
| Author | Lindsey Davis |
|---|---|
| Series | Flavia Albia |
| Genre | historical fiction,crime fiction |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton,Minotaur Books |
Publication date | 7 April 2022 |
| Publication place | UK |
| ISBN | 9781529354713 |
| Preceded by | A Comedy of Terrors |
| Followed by | Fatal Legacy |
Desperate Undertakingis a historical crime novel by British writerLindsey Davis,the tenth in herFlavia Albiaseries. It was published in the UK on 7 April 2022 byHodder & Stoughton(ISBN9781529354713)[1]and in the United States on 27 July 2022 byMinotaur Books(ISBN9781250799883).[2]
The tale is set inRomein late December 89 AD, set in and around theField of Mars,and involving murders among the theatrical community.[1][3]It is divided into parts, of varying lengths, with titles "Laureolus","Pasiphae","Oedipus Rex","Medea","Selurus the bandit king of Sicily","Orpheusor possiblyDaedalus","Aeschylus","Jason"and" The Girl fromLondinium".[4]
The cover of the first UK hardback edition shows a damagedbas-reliefcarving of a seated man contemplating a theatrical mask which he holds in his outstretched hand.[1]The image is of part of "Relief of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy, 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.", held by thePrinceton University Art Museum.[5]The American cover shows a girl in a white and purple tunic looking towards a Roman theatre while clutching a large dagger.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abcDesperate Undertaking.Hodder & Stoughton. 6 October 2021.ISBN9781529354713.Retrieved15 March2022.
- ^ab"Desperate Undertaking".Macmillan.Retrieved15 March2022.
- ^"Desperate Undertaking".Lindsey Davis.1 October 2021.Retrieved15 March2022.
- ^Davis, Lindsey (2022).Desperate Undertaking.Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 1, 77, 181, 277, 311, 355, 375, 389, 399.ISBN9781529354713.
- ^"Relief of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy (y1951-1)".artmuseum.princeton.edu.Retrieved10 April2022.Identified in an acknowledgement on the dustjacket
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