{"product_id":"9781905363179","title":"The Adventures of Quintus Propertius","description":"\u003cp\u003eQuintus Propertius Mala is a Roman investigator; or is he?  His habit of   coming out with obscure (to the narrator) quotations, sometimes in exotic   languages, makes one wonder; so does his Zorro-like swordsmanship; so do his   little 'inventions', so does... a great deal.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn a succession of adventures, Quintus Propertius, accompanied by his Dr   Watson, Marcus Vectorius, solves the mystery of the disappearance of a wealthy   businessman; brings to book the murderers of an inoffensive minor official;   reveals how skin-deep is the assimilation of a supposedly Romanised Gaul; and   comes across potentially devastating evidence of the perfidy of the emperor   himself.  He travels to the thriving city of Ephesus, and to the backward   south-west peninsula of a half-conquered land on the outskirts of civilization;   he meets mysterious strangers from far, far beyond the eastern borders of the   empire; he clashes with a heterogeneous variety of minor and not-so-minor   villains, including some who wield terrifying power in the land.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHe takes to wife a slave-girl, who turns out to know more about medicine than   all the learned physicians in Rome; befriends an   untutored savage,   who reveals an intellect of  remarkable power; and sets out, in his own   words, to give Rome \"a much-needed    kick-start into...\"    Where?  And where does he come from?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meadow Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060852998384,"sku":"9781905363179","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781905363179_p0.jpg?v=1763615113","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781905363179","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}