<DIV>For Marcus Didius Falco, Alexandria holds fascination and a hint of fear. Beautiful, historic and famously unruly, the great cosmopolitan city wears Roman rule lightly. While his wife, Helena Justina, wants to see the Lighthouse and the Pyramids, Falco has a mission at the Great Library that soon turns out to involve much more than stock-taking its innumerable scrolls. A mysterious death in the world-famous library bring him into immediate conflict with the darker side of academic life. Christian Rodska reads this complete and unabridged novel featuring Marcus Didius Falco, Lyndsey Davis' much-loved Roman private eye.</DIV>