Pandora's Boy
 Cover of 2018 UK first edition | |
| Author | Lindsey Davis |
|---|---|
| Country | UK |
| Series | Flavia Albia |
| Genre | historical fiction, crime fiction |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton, St. Martin's Press |
Publication date | 5 April 2018 |
| Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook, large print |
| Pages | 398 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4736-5863-9 |
| Preceded by | The Third Nero |
Pandora's Boy is a historical novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the sixth[1] in her Flavia Albia series. Its UK publication by Hodder & Stoughton has been announced for 5 April 2018, ( ISBN 9781473658745) and its United States publication for 2018 by St. Martin's Press.[2][3]
The tale involves the death of a young girl and during her investigation Albia "has to contend with the occult, organised crime, an unusual fertility symbol, and celebrity dining"; the Pandora of the title is a local witch.[3]
The story begins in October AD 89 and is set in Rome, on the Quirinal Hill.[4]:1
The cover of the UK hardback 1st edition shows a cracked blue glass bird credited as "vessel shaped like bird" from the Corning Museum of Glass[4]:dust jacket
References
- ↑ As at 8 October 2017 both Amazon and the publisher's site refer to it as the 5th, but Davis's site and the fact of five previous titles indicate 6th.
- ↑ "Pandora's Boy". Lindsey Davis website. Lindsey Davis. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- 1 2 "Pandora's Boy". Hodder & Stoughton. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- 1 2 Davis, Lindsey (2018). Pandora's Boy. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1-473-65863-9.
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