Gillian Bradshaw
In Winter’s Shadow
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The third volume of Bradshaw’s Arthurian trilogy (originally published in 1981) is narrated by Gwynhwyfar, wife of King Arthur Pendragon, and is set ...Read Review
A Corruptible Crown
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The title is a quote from Charles II’s last speech, though the king makes no appearance in the story. Chapters alternate between ...Read Review
Kingdom of Summer
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Sir Gawain is one of the best-known figures in the legend of King Arthur, and Bradshaw brings him to life as Gwalchmai, a ...Read Review
Hawk of May
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This tale of Gwalchmai’s (otherwise known as Sir Gawain) journey into the service of King Arthur left me breathless. Gwalchmai, younger son ...Read Review
The Sun’s Bride
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The Eastern Mediterranean, 246 BC. The Rhodian warship Atalanta and her naked crew (that got your attention) come across and destroy a pirate ship. ...Read Review
Dark North
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Were there Africans in the Roman Army? The Historia Augusta describes an Ethiopian soldier presenting Emperor Septimius Severus with an omen of ...Read Review
Render Unto Caesar
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When Hemogenes, a wealthy, young Alexandrian businessman, travels to Rome during Augustus’s reign to collect a debt owed to his family by ...Read Review
Cleopatra’s Heir
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This latest tale of adventure by one of our finest historical novelists begins with the premise that Caesarion survived an attempted execution by ...Read Review
The Wolf Hunt
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Bradshaw is one of a few authors who can take a snippet of history at any time in the past and turn it ...Read Review
The Sand-Reckoner (Tom Doherty Associates Books)
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Gillian Bradshaw takes the title of her novel about Archimedes from one of the ancient thinker’s own works. It’s difficult to ...Read Review
