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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…
The Heresy of Dr Dee
The second book in Rickman’s John Dee series takes Dee to his father’s home in Wales. Set against the aftermath…
Wolves in Winter
Hilton’s latest novel, Wolves in Winter, is the first of a trilogy set in Renaissance Italy. The scene is set…
Stigmata
1205: The knight Philip of Vercy has survived a year of savage warfare in the Holy Land and sails back…
The Perfume Garden
Fluctuating between the Spanish Civil War and the present day, this book tells the story of three generations of a…
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…
Mozart’s Last Aria
Cross-genre novels used to be considered unpublishable, but no more. Mozart’s Last Aria could be defined as historical mystery laced…
Silk Road
The Knights Templar and the Mongol Empire have both been popular topics among historical novelists in recent years; this novel…
The Killing Way
In this Arthurian mystery, the central character is Malgwyn ap Cuneglas. Once a feared warrior, he lost his sword arm…
The Emperor’s Gold
This is a promising debut. Robert Wilton has used his knowledge of government to concoct a story of betrayal and…
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