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The Land of Angels

By Fay Sampson - Published 2006

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In the late 6th century, a monk called Gregory, later to be Pope, sees two blond, blue-eyed boys for sale in Rome’s ...Read Review

The World of the Gladiator

By Susanna Shadrake - Published 2005

Genres:

Nonfiction

  From the origins of gladiatorial games in Rome’s early history, to its gruesome flowering, the author meticulously details the progress of ...Read Review

A Roman Ransom

By Rosemary Rowe - Published 2006

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Glevum (modern day Gloucester) in Roman Britain, 188 AD. Libertus, the pavement maker, is sick. However, his patron, Marcus Septimus, has a pressing concern. ...Read Review

Empire of Dragons

By Valerio Massimo Manfredi (trans. Christine Feddersen-Manfredi) - Published 2006

Genres:

Adventure

The book begins in Edessa, an outpost of the Eastern Roman Empire in 260 AD. Metellus and his men faithfully serve the emperor, Valerian, ...Read Review