Uhuh. The Falco Novels.

Hope you like the blood pouring down from the top of the page. Always expected around Falco, I'd say.

Well, to tell the truth, I stumbled onto Falco at my local library, when they put a couple of tables together and piled all the new titles onto them. Saturnalia was the first book I read. I couldn't stop, I raced back to the Library to get a few more.

I have read a many of these most excellent novels, and I am delighted with the mastery and skill of Lindsey Davis in weaving plots and giving most excellent descriptions of the ancient Roman Empire and family life therein. And of course, the life and works of an informer.

That list comes from the author's site, and is the correct order of battle for the novels. (That's a military term.) Falco, the Official Companion is now available. Get it and get the facts on Rome.

The Falco novels render ancient Rome and its peoples alive with attention to detail, careful recreation of society and culture, with all its colour and dross in the highways and byways. Wonderful stuff, has me racing off to read Suetonius's histories, and Pliny the Younger.

What you will find here is firstly, some reviews of the novels (hopefully in order) and we will keep tracking to see if any more of Falco may come. Perhaps yes, perhaps no. The Silver Pigs is finally reviewed on this site.

My other objective here is to examine the values of the characters and perhaps, some other aspects afforded exposure by the excellent author, Linsdey Davis. So far, we have looked at family values, leadership, greed in the real estate industry, and in Poseidon's Gold, we were examining the tasks, functions and roles of family, both in these novels and generally. Falco himself is an absolutely delightful character and a charming narrator. I do enjoy reading his narration to us, the reader.

There is a novel which preceded this series, focussed on the Emperor Vespasian, and his life-long love, Caenis. This is called The Course of Honour and a review appears here.

Well, I hope you find it all enjoyable and a good read! Comments are welcome and if you wish to send them, then go to the main site contact page.