Detail from 2nd century sarcophagus© Trustees of the British Museum
Our heroine Julia Bacausa’s problem in JULIA PRIMA is that she is caught between Roman law and Christian dogma; divorced legally under the first, but bound to her unpleasant (ex-) husband under the second.
The late Roman family inherited […]
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Readers have urged me to tell the foundation story of Roma Nova. this meant jumping on a time machine and going back to the 4th century. (Channelling H G Wells…)
Not really, but it meant writing standard, straight historical fiction. And I loved it!
I burble on […]
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From the Prologue – Siro, a tribesman from across the Danube border speaks…
Crossing the river at night Credit: Photosampler
The tips of the oars paddle the water softly at each stroke. Rain obscures our passage as we cross the fast-flowing river. In the dark night, the only things I see […]
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