Gordianus the Finder becomes caught in a tangle of political intrigue when he travels to Egypt seeking a cure for his ailing wife, Bethesda, and finds himself instead trying to prove the innocence of Meto, the son he disowned, who is suspected of trying to poison Caesar and Cleopatra.
year: 2004
call number/section: 1000
subjects: cleopatra, queen of egypt, d. 30 b.c, fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, romans, fiction, gordianus the finder (fictitious character), egypt, history, fiction, rome