Ancient Rome
The Hadrian Enigma: A Forbidden History
A fair-haired young man, dressed in rich ceremonial armor, is found dead in the Nile River. When he is identified,…
Arrows of Fury
Arrows of Fury continues the career of Marcus Valerius Aquila, condemned to die a dishonourable death by the Emperor Commodus…
The Philosopher Prince
Set in 355 AD, the book follows on an earlier novel by Waters, Cast Not the Day. It opens with…
King of Kings
‘Sidebottom’s prose blazes with searing scholarship,’ proclaims The Times. As an academic who tries to write historical fiction I am…
Arrows of Fury
Arrows of Fury continues the career of Marcus Valerius Aquila, condemned to die a dishonourable death by the Emperor Commodus…
Mistress of Rome
Thea is a Jewish slave girl, brought to Rome to be maidservant to the spoiled beauty Lepida Pollia. Arius the…
Mistress of Rome
Fans of fiction set in ancient Rome are spoilt for choice when it comes to thud-and-blunder action for the boys.…
Cutter’s Island: Caesar in Captivity
On the way to Rhodes to further his study of rhetoric, Julius Caesar is captured by pirates and held for…
The Prophet from Ephesus
I was sad to learn, on doing the research for this review, that there is only one book in Lawrence’s…
Rome, The Emperor’s Spy
Editors' choice
This is a spy thriller which opens in Jerusalem in the reign of Tiberius where a young man, Math, watches…
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