1st Century
Nox Dormienda: A Long Night for Sleeping
Londinium, 84 AD. The dregs of Saturnalia are slumped over in the clinic, begging for relief as Arcturus, 33-year-old physician…
Centurion
The story opens on the banks of the River Euphrates, where a Roman cohort is building a fort to protect…
John
Blind and exiled, the disciple John is passing his existence on the isle of Patmos with a small band of…
Claudia: Daughter of Rome
Claudia: Daughter of Rome is set in the early years of the Roman Empire, when the empire is consolidating its…
The Blood of Caesar: A Second Case from the Notebooks of Pliny the Younger
I’m a fan of historical mysteries but hadn’t read Albert A. Bell’s work before, and was thrilled to discover this…
The Triumph of Caesar
The Roman Civil War has ended with Julius Caesar returning to Rome a hero, around 46 BC. Caesar’s wife, Calpurnia,…
The Beggar of Volubilis
(1) March, 81 AD. The emperor Titus is desperate to find the lost emerald, known as Nero’s Eye. According to…
Christ the Lord:The Road to Cana
The saga of Anne Rice—from lush pseudonymic S&M erotica, through vampires and witches given flesh-and-blood reality we common mortals never…
Mary of Nazareth
When Herod’s mercenaries make one of their nighttime raids on Nazareth, quick-thinking young Miriam—later renamed Mary by census officials—helps the…
The Eagle and the Raven
Had the tale been passed down from earliest times, The Eagle and the Raven could well be Britain’s epic poem.…
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