5th Century
The Valkyrie
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Set in the closing period of the Western Roman Empire and Attila the Hun, Heartfield’s novel is a retelling of a Norse ...Read Review
Becoming St. Patrick: His Mission
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Biographical FictionInspirational
A sequel to the wonderful Becoming St. Patrick: His Slavery, this story starts where the first book ended: with Patricius at home, in ...Read Review
The Candlemaker’s Woman
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Marj Charlier’s The Candlemaker’s Woman provides a nuanced portrayal of a 5th century CE “barbarian” tribe pushing into the disintegrating Roman ...Read Review
Sword of the War God
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Set in the dying days of the Roman Empire, the book follows the fortunes of the Burgundar clans and their leaders from a ...Read Review
Becoming St. Patrick: His Slavery
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Hail Glorious St. Patrick, dear saint of our Isle’ is the opening line of the Irish hymn to their patron saint. This excellently ...Read Review
The Barbarian
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It’s 406 AD, Roman Britannia is going to pieces, and former Lord of the Wall Marcus Flavius Victor is in trouble. It’s ...Read Review
The Wolf in Winter: An Epic Retelling of the Tristan and Isolde Legend, set in Dark Age Scotland (Volume I of The Trystan Trilogy)
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One choice ended Corwynal’s dreams of becoming a famed warrior and the future king of Lothian. When the dying gasp of a ...Read Review
The Wall
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It’s the last days of the Roman Empire in Britain. There are now two Emperors and resources are being considered. The hard-won—...Read Review
Quirinius: Britannia’s Last Roman
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Quirinius: Britannia’s Last Roman details the disintegration of Roman authority and culture during the period from 459 to 491 AD. A provincial Roman noble, ...Read Review
Dawn Empress: A Novel of Imperial Rome (The Theodosian Women)
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In 404 AD in Constantinople’s imperial palace, Emperor Arcadius of the Eastern Roman Empire pulls his five-year-old daughter, Pulcheria, into her dead mother’...Read Review
