Vespasian is one of the more appealing Roman emperors. Emerging after the volatile ‘year of the four emperors’, we know surprisingly little about him. This,…
Category: Books
Over the last twenty years or so, there have been a huge number of books written by British people who have gone to live abroad,…
I have read several books about the Romanovs over the years, mainly individual biographies. Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Nicholas II. Some of these…
Marcus Didius Falco is a favourite fictional creation of mine. The series written by Lindsey Davis has followed his career as an informer from the…
The test of any long running series is how eager the readers are for the next book; whether they are still as excited by the…
Antonia Caenis is one of those fascinating mysteries of Roman history. She is mentioned in a couple of later histories as being a freedwoman of…
I am a big fan of historical fiction series. The genre lends itself so well to authors developing characters and events over a number of…
Simon Turney is one of my ‘go to’ authors for great stories set in the ancient world – real or imagined. He is a great…
Anyone with an interest in Roman history, be that in fiction or non-fiction, will often come across military passages where various items of equipment are…
Bletchley Park is one of those places that have become almost mythical to those interested in the history of the Second World War. A secret…