Desperate Undertaking

	Desperate Undertaking ''Desperate Undertaking'' is a historical novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the tenth in her Flavia Albia series. It was published in the UK on 7 April 2022 by Hodder & Stoughton () and in the United States on 27 July 2022 by Minotaur Books (). The tale is set in Rome in late December 89 AD, set in and around the Campus Martius, Field of Mars, and involving murders among the theatrical community. It is divided into parts, of varying lengths, with titles "Laureolus", "Pasiphaë, Pasiphae", "Oedipus Rex", "Medea", "Selurus, Selurus the bandit king of Sicily", "Orpheus or possibly Daedalus", "Aeschylus", "Jason" and "The Girl from Londinium". The cover of the first UK hardback edition shows a damaged bas-relief carving of a seated man contemplating a theatrical mask which he holds in his outstretched hand. 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 the Princeton University Art Museu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lindsey Davis Lindsey Davis (born 1949) is an English historical novelist, best known as the author of the Falco series of historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire. She is a recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger award. Life and career Davis was born in Birmingham and after taking a degree in English literature at Oxford University ( Lady Margaret Hall), she became a civil servant for 13 years. When a romantic novel she had written was runner up for the 1985 ''Georgette Heyer Historical Novel Prize'', she decided to become a writer, at first writing romantic serials for the UK women's magazine ''Woman's Realm''. Her dedication of the book '' Rebels and Traitors'' (2009) reads: "For Richard / dearest and closest of friends / your favourite book / in memory", and the author's website relates: "I am still getting used to life without my dear Richard. For those of you who haven't seen this before, he died in October 008" The author says in her publisher's newsletter: "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Orpheus Orpheus (; Ancient Greek: Ὀρφεύς, classical pronunciation: ; french: Orphée) is a Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet in ancient Greek religion. He was also a renowned poet and, according to the legend, travelled with Jason and the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece, and even descended into the Underworld of Hades, to recover his lost wife Eurydice. Ancient Greek authors as Strabo and Plutarch note Orpheus's Thracian origins. The major stories about him are centered on his ability to charm all living things and even stones with his music (the usual scene in Orpheus mosaics), his attempt to retrieve his wife Eurydice from the underworld, and his death at the hands of the maenads of Dionysus, who tired of his mourning for his late wife Eurydice. As an archetype of the inspired singer, Orpheus is one of the most significant figures in the reception of classical mythology in Western culture, portrayed or alluded to in countless forms of art and popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hodder & Stoughton Books Hodder is an English surname, derived from the Old English word "hod", meaning hood. People * Christopher Hodder-Williams (1926–1995), British writer Francis Hodder (1906–1943), Irish cricketer, rugby union player and Royal Air Force officer Harvey Hodder (born 1943), Canadian politician * Ian Hodder (born 1948), British archaeologist Jim Hodder (musician) (1947–1990), American musician, from Steely Dan Kane Hodder (born 1955), American actor and stuntman * Mark Hodder (fl. 2010–2015), English writer Michael Hodder (1968–1999), British train driver killed in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash Stephen Hodder, MBE (born 1956), English architect Walter Hodder (born 1909-1993), Canadian educater and politician Jim Hodder (politician) (1940-2021), Canadian politician * Mary Hodder (born 1945), Canadian politician * Other uses Hodder & Stoughton, a British publisher Kane Hodder (band), American hardcore band * River Hodder, a river in Lancashire, England See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]