HNR Issue 42 (November 2007)
Dark North
Were there Africans in the Roman Army? The Historia Augusta describes an Ethiopian soldier presenting Emperor Septimius Severus with…
A Coin for the Ferryman
Gloucester, 189 AD. Celtic traditions, settlements and languages remain in the countryside, but in the towns Roman ways prevail, and…
Blind Eye
Is this the 14th tale about Marilyn Todd’s wonderfully bitchy and feisty detective Claudia? No, this is the first tale…
The Fight for Rome
In 68 AD, the period known as the “Year of the Four Emperors,” Quintus Honorius Romanus, aka Taurus the gladiator,…
Saturnalia
Saturnalia was a Roman holiday that can best be compared to Las Vegas at its most riotous. That most famous…
The Poisoner of Ptah
Thebes, 1479 BC. Hatusu is the Pharaoh Queen of Egypt. In the Hall of Two Truths, and with great ceremonial,…
The Venus Deal
As World War II home front San Diego deals with blackouts and shortages, 37-year-old ex-cop Tom Hickey is moonlighting as…
Secret Sins
In war-torn 1940s Bristol, England, Mary Anne’s pawnshop home is burnt down while her son and daughter are in the…
Tipperary
Born into an Anglo-Irish family, Charles O’Brien loves Ireland with a fierce passion; this sentiment is wonderfully conveyed in his…
Letters From Pemberley: The First Year
Having married Fitzwilliam Darcy and settled on his estate of Pemberley, a slightly homesick Elizabeth Bennet begins writing letters to…
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