Lindsey Davis
The Third Nero
September, AD 89. Rome is in turmoil. Emperor Domitian is on the throne and becoming more and more paranoid. Rumours…
The Graveyard of the Hesperides
Flavia Albia is about to marry the magistrate, Manlius Faustus, in a formal wedding, and her sisters are thrilled to…
Deadly Election
Flavia Albia, originally from Britain, is the adopted daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, a well-known detective in ancient Rome. When…
Enemies at Home
This is the second in the Flavia Albia series. When a wealthy, newly-married couple are murdered, their valuable silver stolen,…
The Ides of April
As a fan of the Marcus Didius Falco series, I jumped at the opportunity to review this first installment in…
Master and God
More cloak-and-dagger than sword-and-sandals, Master and God follows Emperor Domitian’s Rome (AD 80-96) through the eyes of ‘a reluctant hero’,…
Rebels and Traitors
Editors' choice
Like many an adolescent, Gideon Jukes is a young man rebelling against family constrictions and looking for his own path…
Alexandria
This marks the nineteenth outing for the Roman informer (private detective) Marcus Didius Falco. Each book in the series centers…
Saturnalia
Saturnalia was a Roman holiday that can best be compared to Las Vegas at its most riotous. That most famous…
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