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The Silver Pigs
Author Lindsey Davis
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Marcus Didius Falco
Genre(s) Crime novel
Publisher Century, Mysterious Press
Publication date 1989
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 318 pp (paperback)
ISBN ISBN 0-7126-8454-9 (new edition)
Followed by Shadows in Bronze

The Silver Pigs is a crime novel by Lindsey Davis. Lindsey Davis, Historical novelist was born in Birmingham, England in 1949 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Marcus Didius Falco is the central character and narrator in a series of Novels by Lindsey Davis. Crime fiction is the Genre of Fiction that deals with Crimes their detection criminals and their motives It is usually distinguished from Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. Shadows in Bronze is a crime novel by Lindsey Davis. Plot introduction Set in Rome during AD 71 Shadows in Bronze stars Lindsey Davis, Historical novelist was born in Birmingham, England in 1949 Set in Rome and Britannia during AD 70, just after the year of the four emperors, The Silver Pigs stars Marcus Didius Falco, Informer and Imperial Agent. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Britannia was the term originally used by the Romans to refer first to the British Isles, and later to the island of Great Britain. Year 70 was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. The Year of the Four Emperors was a year in the history of the Roman Empire, AD 69 in which four emperors ruled in a remarkable succession Marcus Didius Falco is the central character and narrator in a series of Novels by Lindsey Davis.

Pigs are a term by which ingots are known, and refer to the lead ingots which feature prominently in the plot. An ingot is a material usually metal that is cast into a shape suitable for further processing

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Plot summary

This is the first novel in the series and introduces the main characters as well as establishing relationships that continue and grow throughout the whole series.

Falco stumbles upon a conspiracy in the trading of silver ingots, but not before it claims the life of a young girl (Sosia Camilla) whom Falco meets and is smitten with. Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410 Hired by the young girl's uncle, a Senator, to find out who murdered her, and by the Roman Emperor Vespasian, to uncover the conspiracy, Falco finds himself on the next boat to Britain. The Roman Senate was a political institution in Ancient Rome. The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian ( November 17 9 &ndash June 23 79) was a Roman Emperor who Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410

Once there he meets a lady way out of his class, Helena Justina, daughter of the Senator who hired him. At first sight it is mutual loathing, he hates her class and she hates his prejudice. Finding himself working down a silver mine, acting as a mine slave, Falco learns the meaning of hate, pain and abuse. As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another After being rescued by Helena and a friendly Centurion, Falco heads back to Rome, as the reluctant charge of the even more reluctant Helena. Centurion redirects here This article is about the Roman soldier Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2

Naturally, after spending so much time together, lots of arguments, misunderstandings and denial, Falco and Helena fall in love (subsequently consummated in a horse stable in a public garden!). Eventually, Falco sorts out the case, and only has to bring the culprits to justice. However, there is no justice when one of the culprits is Domitian, the Emperor's very own wayward son. Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 &ndash 18 September 96 commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 September 81 until his death As for the other culprits, only one remains alive, and that person is very close to the girl Falco loves and her Senator father. After a final, bloody, retribution is carried out in the climax, Falco is offered the chance to be raised to the middle class, the equestrian rank. As an equestrian Falco could marry Helena without bringing her or her family shame, which is something he could never manage on his meagre earnings alone. He refuses, seeing the offer as a bribe to keep the whole conspiracy hushed-up. After realising his mistake and how he must have insulted Helena, he returns to Vespasian and asks for the chance again, and while he is told that his name can be added to the equestrian lists, he must first raise the 400,000 sesterces himself in order to purchase the land to that value which is the qualification for equestrian status. The sestertius, or sesterce, was an ancient Roman Coin. During the Roman Republic it was a small Silver, and rare coin issued Dejected he returns to his dilapidated tenement in the Aventine Hill and there finds Helena waiting for him. The Aventine Hill is one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built She promises to wait for him for as long as it takes.

Characters in "The Silver Pigs"

In Regio XIII (The Aventine Sector)

In Regio I (The Capena Gate Sector)

At the Imperial Palace

In other parts of Rome

In Britain

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Author's Official Website

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