If I had the opportunity to hold that imaginary historical dinner party, I’ve always thought one of my picks would be Marcus Agrippa. Yes, Augustus…
Tag: rome
At the end of the previous book in this series – Enemies at Home – Flavia Albia had been seriously ill, nursed initially by her…
This is the second book in the series Lindsey Davis has created featuring Flavia Albia, the adopted daughter of her earlier hero, Falco. The first…
Lindsey Davis put an end to her popular Falco series after twenty books. Perhaps a brave decision; perhaps the right one. After all, everything comes…
So I’ve come to the end of the Falco series by Lindsey Davis, and exhausted the Gordianus books by Steven Saylor. Where do I go…
Falco is back, and this time, facing the madness of Saturnalia. As those who know him might guess, he’s not a fan of the upside…
The Falco series by Lindsey Davis tends to split into two halves; those set wholly in or near Rome, and those where she takes her…
Gordianus the Finder is one of my favourite fictional characters. From the very beginning of the series, the author created a dynamic, intelligent, sympathetic man.…
Philip Matyszak has form, as far as I’m concerned! He has written a number of books about the ancient world, all of which have been…
The Roman Empire is one of those historical entities that almost everyone in the West knows something about, even if they are not really interested…