Last Seen in Massilia: A Novel of Ancient Rome Jonathan Boniface when I held my old

when I held my old and sobbing nurse in my arms

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Last Seen in Massilia: A Novel of Ancient Rome Jonathan Boniface when I held my oldIn the city of Massilia (modern day Marseille), on the coast of Southern Gaul, Gordianus the Finder's beloved son Meto has disappeared branded as a traitor to Caesar and apparently dead. Consumed with grief, Gordianus arrives in the city in the midst of a raging civil war, hoping to discover what happened to his son. But when he witnesses the fall of a young woman from a precipice called Sacrifice Rock, he becomes entangled in discovering the truth