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4th Century

The Story Spinner

By Barbara Erskine - Published 2024

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Wales, present day, and poet Cadi Jones works on a retelling of tales from the Mabinogion, the famous book of Welsh legends. Her ...Read Review

Hypatia: In Her Own Words

By Lukman Clark - Published 2024

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Thriller

A historical thriller with high stakes, deadly consequences and secret knowledge, this story is presented as the long-lost autobiography of famous philosopher Hypatia ...Read Review

EXSILIUM: A Roma Nova Foundation Story (Roma Nova Thriller Series)

By Alison Morton - Published 2024

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Thriller

Alison Morton is the author of the Roma Nova series of thrillers, in which a fragment of the Roman Empire survives to the ...Read Review

Usurpers (Foundation of the Dragon: Book 2)

By Robb Pritchard - Published 2023

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After generations of subjugation, the descendants of the Ordovices are no longer the fighters they were once renowned as. Their fate rests upon ...Read Review

Para Bellum

By Simon Turney - Published 2023

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Adventure Military

Most Roman ‘militaries’ are set in the 1st century, when the Empire was expanding, and the Romans usually won. Para Bellum is set ...Read Review

Sparrow

By James Hynes - Published 2023

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Somewhere in Britannia, in the dying days of the Roman Empire, an equally decaying man recalls his youth. He names himself Jacob, but ...Read Review

Julia Prima (Roma Nova Thriller Series)

By Alison Morton - Published 2022

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Thriller

This is a stunning historical novel set in the 4th century. Julia, the daughter of the ruler of the provincial town of Virunum, ...Read Review

Legionary: The Emperor’s Shield

By Gordon Doherty - Published 2023

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Adventure Military

The latest book in the Legionary series takes place in the Roman Empire of 386 AD. Although I had not read any of the ...Read Review

The Loki Sword (Fire Born 3)

By Angus Donald - Published 2022

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Bjarki Bloodhand trudges through the snow; he seeks his mother’s people, the White Bear Clan of the Sami. The old woman caring ...Read Review

Caesar’s Lord (Constantine’s Empire)

By Bryan Litfin - Published 2022

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Inspirational Military

In 323 AD, Emperor Constantine is on the verge of consolidating the widespread Roman Empire under the Christian God and a unified government, but ...Read Review

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