Print the Legend! HNS 2026

(Photo courtesy of Sophie Perinot)

The (in)famous green jacket and I went to the very green island of Ireland for this year’s three-day Historical Novel Society conference.

West of Dublin, Maynooth University is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland and combines historical roots with modern technology – perfect for our […]

The Praetorians – Our friends?

Inventing a military unit like the 21st century Praetorian Guard Special Forces in my Roma Nova books was a risk.

However, I chose to use the old Roman name because, although the original cohortes praetoriae became corrupt, they were the courageous, battle-hardened elite who guarded the Ancient Roman emperor’s life with theirs.

Today in Roma […]

Roma Nova updated!

Embarrassingly, I discovered that I hadn’t updated the official guide to Roma Nova for quite a while. Actually, I wasn’t merely embarrassed – I was horrified!

I wrote this guide in reply to readers’ questions about order of the books, which were Carina’s and which Aurelia’s, then added in an introduction to the whole Roma […]