1st Century
The Eighth Veil
A girl is drowned and her throat cut in the baths of Herod’s palace in 28 CE. Her killer fails…
Rome: The Eagle of the Twelfth
Editors' choice
This is the story of Demalion of Macedon, who joins the Twelfth Legion. The story opens in AD 57 in…
Rome’s Executioner: Vespasian II
Rome’s Executioner, set in AD 30, is the second novel in a saga narrating the rise of Vespasian in the…
Unholy Night
Balthazar, a notorious thief and murderer, escapes Herod’s prison along with two other criminals disguised as “wise men.” In their…
Blood and Treasure
We find ourselves in 43AD for Blood and Treasure, following Claudius’ troops led by Plautius and Vespasian—an era of history…
Empress of the Seven Hills
Kate Quinn returns with a gripping sequel to her bestselling debut Mistress of Rome. After the assassination of Emperor Domitian,…
Wolf Blood
1st century AD. The Romans have invaded Britain, and Caractacus, the charismatic Celtic leader, is struggling to unite the warring…
Justa: A Novel of Ancient Rome
The backdrop of Joseph Jay Deiss and Susanna Deiss’ delightful historical novel Justa may be familiar to most readers: the…
Praetorian
Praetorian is the 11th book in the series relating the careers of Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro. A consignment of…
The Dovekeepers
Editors' choice
A new book by Alice Hoffman is always cause to sit up and take note, and The Dovekeepers does not…
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