1st Century
The Uncertain Hour
What would you do if someone were to tell you that you had one more night to live? How would…
Of Merchants and Heroes
Editors' choice
Set around 200 BC in Rome and Greece, Paul Waters’ first novel is a well-written and intelligent tale. Marcus, aged…
SPQR Xl: Under Vesuvius
The author’s eleventh entry in the Decius Metellus SPQR series takes place in the difficult days of rivalry between Pompey…
Antony and Cleopatra
Editors' choice
In this sprawling seventh novel, the latest in her Masters of Rome series, author McCullough recounts the gigantic power struggle…
The Pillars of Rome
This is the first book in a trilogy from an author more usually known as David Donachie, writer of historical…
The Secret Gospel of Mary Magdalene
Originally published in England in 1984 under the title The Wild Girl, this is what has almost become a genre…
Mark’s Story: The Gospel According to Peter (The Jesus Chronicles, Book Two)
Much like this series’ first book, John’s Story, this novel from the authors of the Left Behind series has many…
Saturnalia
Saturnalia was a Roman holiday that can best be compared to Las Vegas at its most riotous. That most famous…
The Slave-Girl From Jerusalem
AD 80. In this, the thirteenth Roman Mystery, the four friends, Flavia, Nubia, Jonathan and Lupus are in the port…
Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Ravens Of Avalon
Boudica, a Briton princess, arrives on the Isle of Mona to study the old ways with other children of chieftains…
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