Ancient Rome
Across the Waters of Time: Pliny Remembered
The long and incredibly varied life of Pliny the Elder forms the subject of Parejko’s fantastic book, taking readers on…
Death Speaker
Powerfully written, Death Speaker tells the story of Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul as seen through the eyes of the…
Britanniae
Britanniae is set in England during the last period of the Roman occupation. The heroine, Flavia Vindex, is a single…
Rome: The Art of War
This is the fourth in a series of novels set in the 1st century AD featuring the enigmatic spy Pantera,…
Shadows in the Night
This is the first in Jane Finnis’ Aurelia Marcella Mysteries, so we are introduced to the eponymous heroine who is…
Cornelia: Moeder van de Gracchen
While looking back from her retreat in Misenium, Cornelia narrates the events that changed the nature of the Roman Republic.…
Vespasian III: False God of Rome
Vespasian III is the latest instalment of Robert Fabbri’s saga of Vespasian’s rise from obscurity to the purple. The story…
Empire: The Wolf’s Gold
The Wolf’s Gold is the latest instalment in Anthony Riches’ highly successful Empire series that follows the soldier-hero, Marcus Aquila,…
Wolves of the North
The fifth entry in distinguished classicist and military historian Harry Sidebottom’s Warrior of Rome series sees the hero Ballista on…
The Joy of Sexus
Anyone who reads or writes about the ancient world has to wonder how human sexuality was expressed in those days. …
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