Legionary, By Gordon Doherty. Legionary is Gordon Doherty’s first novel, a self-published full length Roman military adventure. It distinguishes itself from many Roman fiction novels by moving itself away from the best known era of the late Republic and early Empire, being instead set in the Eastern Empire at a time when the Empire has […]
Tales of Ancient Rome by S J A Turney Publication date: Nov 2011 (2nd edn, Kindle) Publisher: Victrix book Length: 99 pages The ever-entertaining Turney gives us a collection of short stories set in Ancient Rome, for free. Yes, just from the goodness of his heart. As good short stories should, most have a twist, […]
The Crossroads Brotherhood by Robert Fabbri Publisher: Corvus Publication Date: December 2011 Length: 54 pages Review: This prequel to the Vespasian series is only a novella, so don’t be disappointed that you haven’t purchased a full length novel. I haven’t read the rest of the Vespasian series yet, so this is my first encounter with […]
The Forgotten Legion by Ben Kane Publisher: Arrow Publication date: January 2011 (Paperback) Print length 672 pages Also available in Hardback, Kindle e-book and audiobook formats. www.forgottenlegion.co.uk Review: Firstly I must declare a conflict of interest in this review – Ben is both a fellow veterinary surgeon, and a relatively near neighbour, making it fairly […]
Marius’ Mules I: The Invasion of Gaul by SJA Turney Publisher: YouWriteOn Publication date: November 2010 Print length 436 pages Kindle Edition Review: The first in SJA Turney’s series chronicling Caesar’s Gallic Wars, begins as you might expect with the invasion of Gaul. Marius’ Mules were the legionaries of Caesar’s armies, named after the general […]
Some flash fiction I composed for twitter last night, mostly teasers for the forthcoming novel, Carbo. 140 characters or less – if you have a literary bent but only 2 minutes to write in, give it a try. Feel free to add your efforts here under comments, ideally Roman themed. Elissa watched the moloch burn. […]
Before e-books, I always made a point to finish a novel before starting the next. Rarely I would abandon a book half read, but generally pride made me finish them all, and I was often rewarded with a satisfying ending to an otherwise slow moving book. Now, in this digital age, and a bit of […]
As we all know, the Roman Empire was huge. But getting to A from B didn’t just depend on distance. There were huge environmental constraints, such as rivers, seas and mountain ranges. The clever guys at Stanford have produced a website: ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World which “reconstructs the time […]
The Poisoned Honeycake by Caroline Lawrence For Ages 7 to 9 Review by Roman Fiction Minor (aged 7) Published July 2012 Orion Children’s Books Paperback 96 pages The Poisoned Honeycake is a book about a boy called Threptus, who is a poor boy. The man who looks after him is a fortune teller called Floridius. […]
Review – Roma by Steven Saylor Roma is a true epic, charting the rise of the Roman republic from its legendary and prehistoric beginnings around 1000BC to the demise of Anthony and Cleopatra and the rise of the first Emperor, Augustus. The sequel, Empire, continues the story to the reign of Hadrian. For those who […]
Exciting announcement! The Mark Antony series audios will be narrated by Andrew Wincott. Andrew has just won an award at the BAFTAs for the part of Rafael in Baldur's gate III
He is also Adam Macy in the Archers!
Thanks to @JohnsonAlcock
