Steve Donoghue
When Women Were Warriors: Books I, II & III
Wilson’s utterly remarkable trilogy set in Bronze Age Britain opens with spirited young Tamras being sent to the household of…
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…
I Took Panama: The Story of Philippe Bunau-Varilla
The star of Leiton’s taut, unassuming short novel is French Colonel Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla, a pivotal figure not only in the…
At Drake’s Command
This first installment in Hill’s adventures of young Peregrine James, set during the height of Elizabethan ‘sea-dog’ days, has a…
A Mixture of Madness
Editors' choice
“I am ancient now far beyond my fair share of years,” Alexandros, the slave Alexander, tells us at one point…
Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Journey East
Mark Richard Beaulieu’s ongoing series of historical novels about that much-storied historical figure, Eleanor of Aquitaine, continues in The Journey…
Nullis Secondus: Second To None
Headstrong young Jack Cardwell, son of a 19th century Sheffield coal miner, seeks to escape from the life of the…
A House Near Luccoli
The remarkable Baroque composer Alessandro Stradella stands at the center of Denton’s bright, sparkling novel A House Near Luccoli. Unmarried, mid-thirties…
Marching with Caesar: Civil War
Fans of R. W. Peake’s densely-packed, gripping first novel Marching with Caesar: Conquest of Gaul will be overjoyed to find…
Rage Against The Dying Of The Light
The great uprising of Celtic tribes against Roman rule in Britain in A.D. 60-61 forms the backdrop for Jan Surasky’s…
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