Master and God

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| name = Master and God

| image = File:MasterAndGod.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Lindsey Davis

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| genre = Historical fiction

| publisher = Hodder & Stoughton

| pub_date = 15 March 2012

| media_type = Print

| pages = 496

| isbn = 9781444707328

}}

Master and God is a historical novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the author of the Falco series. It was first published in the UK on 15 March 2012 by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United States on 5 June 2012 by St Martin's Press.

It is set in ancient Rome in the time of the emperor Domitian and the story features a paranoid emperor, a hairdresser's love-life, the burial alive of the Chief of the Vestal Virgins, conspiracy and death.{{cite web|title=Master & God|url=http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/master&god.htm|publisher=The Official Website of Lindsey Davis|accessdate=17 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906005956/http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/master%26god.htm|archive-date=6 September 2012|url-status=dead}}

Reviews

In a review for The Independent, Jane Jakeman called the narrative "rapid" and described the story as "well told with much sharp-edged detail".{{cite news | newspaper=The Independent | title=Master and God, By Lindsey Davis | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/master-and-god-by-lindsey-davis-7778716.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/master-and-god-by-lindsey-davis-7778716.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | date=23 May 2012 | last=Jakeman | first=Jane | accessdate=17 August 2012 }} A Kirkus Reviews review of the book described it as "Another detailed and witty recounting of ancient Roman life, public and private".{{cite web

|url= https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lindsey-davis/master-god/

|title= MASTER AND GOD

|date=17 June 2012

|website=Kirkus Reviews

|access-date=12 September 2020

}}

References

External links

{{cite web | url=http://www.hodder.co.uk/books/work.aspx?WorkID=179779 | publisher=Hodder & Stoughton | title=Master and God | accessdate=17 August 2012}} Publisher's website

Category:Novels set in ancient Rome

Category:British historical novels

Category:Novels by Lindsey Davis

Category:2012 British novels

Category:Hodder & Stoughton books

Category:Novels set in the 1st century

Category:Cultural depictions of Domitian