Steven Saylor (Roma) at Cody's Books March 28, 2007

Wednesday, March 28 - Steven Saylor
7:00 PM at Cody's Stockton Street in San Francisco

STEVEN SAYLOR delivers ROMA. Award-winning novelist and one of the History Channel's on-camera experts on ancient Rome, Steven Saylor brings his vast historical knowledge to life in his new epic ROMA. In the year 1000 BC, Lara, the salt trader's beautiful daughter, sleeps with a mysteriously charismatic metalsmith. Before parting, he gives her a gold amulet, Fascinus, names after her family's god. Months later, when their child is born, the amulet is passed down, thus beginning a family legacy that will last a millennium. Through the eyes of the Potitius family, readers witness the foundation of the city by Romulus and Remus, the Shakespearean tragedy of the hero-traitor Coriolanus, and the birth - and death - of the Roman Republic. In the tradition of Edward Rutherfurd and James Michener, Steven Saylor's ROMA is a historical saga that spans the history of ancient Rome, where fortunes rise and fall, lovers are drawn together and torn apart, and violence can erupt at any moment. The power struggle between plebeians and patricians, the establishment of written law, the invasion of Hannibal, and the assassination of Julius Caesar are all captured in breathtaking scope. Saylor is the author of eleven books in the Roma Sub Rosa series set in late Republican Rome. He holds a degree in history, and divides his time between Berkeley and Austin. We're delighted to welcome him back to Cody's. Check out an early review: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2007-03-05-roma-saylor_N.htm. 7:00 PM at Cody's Stockton Street, San Francisco

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