Ancient Greece
The World Beyond
The World Beyond is a coming-of-age story set in 429 BC ancient Athens, where slaves and women do not share…
For the Immortal
The final novel in the Golden Apple trilogy from Emily Hauser is a triumphant finale. This story continues to draw…
The Falcon of Sparta
Artaxerxes is the Persian king’s oldest son and heir. Cyrus is Artaxerxes’ younger brother, and the main character of the…
The Siege and Fall of Troy
A re-issue of Robert Graves’ retelling of the Homeric myths is always welcome, and the new introduction by Dan-El Padilla…
Circe
Editors' choice
Madeline Miller returns to the Homeric epics for the inspiration for her second novel, Circe. While the first, The Song…
The Athenian Women
Editors' choice
Alessandro Barbero’s The Athenian Women is a complex tale highlighting the class struggles of women subjugated under a patriarchal system…
Secret of the Oracle: An Ancient Greek Mystery
Classical Greece, 510-323 BC. In Saviour Pirotta’s second Greek Mystery, the Mystery Solvers, Nico, scribe to the poet and playwright…
The Macedonian
In the north of Greece in the ancient kingdom of Macedon, a boy is born to a mother who despises…
Clytemnestra: The Mother’s Blade
Set firmly in the Bronze Age, this novel once again gives us the eternally re-fought conflict that ensued, when the…
Death on Delos
If a murder investigation could be fun, it would look like Death on Delos. The priestess, Diotima, and her husband,…
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