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Lindsey Davis es una escritora inglesa de novelas de intriga ambientadas en la antigua Roma.

✵ 21. agosto 1949
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Lindsey Davis Frases y Citas

“Aprender una lengua extraña: asimilas nociones de gramática, vocabulario básico y un acento espantoso que apenas sirve para que te entiendan. Te esfuerzas durante años y de repente, sin saber por qué, todo fluye, captas cómo funciona…”

Lindsey Davis libro La plata de Britania

The Silver Pigs

Lindsey Davis: Frases en inglés

“Do you want a cretin or a meddler?'
'Which is better for us?'
'Whoever gets the larger backhander.'
'We won't pay. We are going for probity.'
'Can't afford true justice, eh?”

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Lindsey Davis libro The Accusers

The Accusers

“Popular men who laugh at your jokes pose a threat which blatant villains can never command.”

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Lindsey Davis libro La plata de Britania

The Silver Pigs

“Think of tonight as having a real purpose. Yes, it is dining with the dead in order to be at one with our ancestors, but at the same time, a good scoff in shared company provides solace for the unhappy, it anneals the internal stress of bereavement, it helps the living along the path of their recovery from grief.”

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Lindsey Davis

“That’s a useful motto for a caterer!”
Invitation to Die

“On the scale of country crime, rape tended to rank with shouting boo at chickens.”

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Lindsey Davis libro Nemesis

Nemesis

“What's the verdict?”

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Lindsey Davis libro Ode to a Banker

"A shining new talent. A breathtaking story, written with mystical intensity. An author who will sell and sell."
Ode to a Banker

“Petronius once told me that pathological murderers tend to start their killing sprees while they are children. Find a man who takes prostitutes off the streets as a personal vocation, and he'll probably have a set of neat jars with his childhood collection of dissected rats.”

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Lindsey Davis libro Nemesis

Nemesis (2010)

“The new "humour", if you can call it that, is pure malicious gossip. Instead of making a genuine point, it's now good enough to repeat any ribald story without a thought for whether it's even true.”

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Lindsey Davis libro Last Act in Palmyra

Last Act in Palmyra (1994)

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