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…
Tag: historical fiction
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 is probably aware of the disaster that befell three legions under Publius Quinctilius Varus in the forests of…
It was this series that first brought me to the work of Simon Turney. There are a large number of authors writing Roman fiction, and…
I love a fictional series; for me there is nothing like seeing characters develop over time. When writing a single novel, the author has to…
I love historical fiction but seventeenth century England is not a setting that would normally attract me. I suspect it may be memories of various…
History set in the ancient world is very popular, and there are a huge number of authors for enthusiasts to choose from. In my experience…
There is a huge amount of historical fiction set in Ancient Rome, much of it, for me, very ordinary and very repetitive. There are umpteen…
If you’re a regular reader of historical fiction, you will know that some places and times are better served than others. Ancient Rome has more…
Robert Fabbri’s fictional account of the life of Vespasian has got better and better through the series. This is the sixth volume and covers the…