4th Century
The Philosopher Prince
Waters’ sequel to Cast Not the Day is set between 355 and 361 A.D., and finds the characters of Drusus…
The Sower of the Seeds of Dreams
Editors' choice
Roman Britain, 368 AD. Acting Primicerius Canio has become mixed up in the death of a suspected deserter who, in…
Innocence & Gold Dust
Eutropius, the main character in Frances Webb’s novel, is a eunuch, and this may remind some readers of Mary Renault’s…
Valeria’s Cross
Emperor Diocletian (r.284-305 A.D.) is a brilliant leader whose innovative reforms reinvigorate the Roman Empire, but when his power starts…
The Philosopher Prince
Set in 355 AD, the book follows on an earlier novel by Waters, Cast Not the Day. It opens with…
The Sower of the Seeds of Dreams
Editors' choice
Roman Britain, 368 AD. Acting Primicerius Canio has become mixed up in the death of a suspected deserter who, in…
Cast Not the Day
The central character of this book, set in the middle of the 4th century AD, is Drusus, a young British…
Murder’s Immortal Mask
Rome, 314 AD. Constantine is now the emperor, having defeated Maxentius at the battle of Milvian Bridge in the year…
Song of the North
Roman Britannia, AD 366. Minna, a servant girl of mixed Roman and British blood, feels out of place and discontented…
The Last Legionary
This is a lively description of the Roman army in the last years of its stay in Britain, using the…
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