3rd Century
The Siege
270 AD. Queen Zenobia of Palmyra has turned on her erstwhile master, Rome. She has sent her armies across Arabia,…
Spirit’s Princess
Spirit’s Princess is set in 3rd-century Japan, before the clans are unified. At the start of the story, Himiko, the…
The Caspian Gates
In 262 AD, the mighty city of Ephesus lies in ruins after a devastating earthquake, and mob rule has taken…
Warrior of Rome: Lion of the Sun
In the eastern empire of Rome the frail Valerian has been betrayed and captured by the Persian Sassanid King of…
King of Kings
‘Sidebottom’s prose blazes with searing scholarship,’ proclaims The Times. As an academic who tries to write historical fiction I am…
King of Kings
‘Sidebottom’s prose blazes with searing scholarship,’ proclaims The Times. As an academic who tries to write historical fiction I am…
King of Kings
Harry Sidebottom continues his Warrior of Rome series where part one – Fire in the East – ended. Marcus Clodius…
Warrior of Rome, Part One: Fire in the East
Editors' choice
Fire in the East is part one of Dr Harry Sidebottom’s Warrior of Rome series and his first novel.…
Priestess of the Forest: A Druid Journey
Priestess of the Forest is set in a fictional 3rd-century Ireland when Christianity is sweeping across the Celtic Isles. It…
The Fire Waker
The second in what, judging by the last page, is intended to be a series, The Fire Waker should have…
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