Ancient Rome
The Encircling Sea
The Encircling Sea sees the return of Goldsworthy’s loveable rogue Flavius Ferox to the northern frontier of Roman Britain in…
Clash of Empires
Editors' choice
On the cusp of destroying its bitter foe, Carthage, the Roman Empire is already looking for its next target. In…
Fire in the Year of Four Emperors
This riveting novel is set in 1st-century Rome following Nero’s rule. Galba, the governor of Spain, declares himself emperor. Four…
Retribution
Retribution is the third and final instalment of Riches’ trilogy covering the Batavian revolt of 69 AD, aka the Year…
Pandora’s Boy
This is another story in the Falco series set in Rome in the first century AD. It concerns Falco’s daughter,…
Hadrian’s Wall
The Landmark Library is a series of books published by Head of Zeus, each devoted to ‘a crucial theme in…
The Throne of Caesar
Here is the long-awaited next installment of Saylor’s Roman mystery series, featuring Gordianus the Finder, that deals with Julius Caesar’s…
Caligula
Everyone knows his name, and everyone thinks they know what he did while Emperor. This is an account from his…
Memento Mori
Ruso, a Roman army medic living a life of bucolic domesticity with the family of his British wife, receives a…
Blood and Sand
The first in a proposed trilogy, Blood and Sand is Wyk’s debut novel about one young woman’s quest for vengeance…
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