Historical / Ancient History

Rebellion

Spartacus #2

by Ben Kane

Spartacus and his ragtag army take on the mighty Roman army in a brilliant recreation of one of the best-known epics of the modern era   Spartacus has already done the impossible—not only has he escaped...

Centurion: A Novel

by Simon Scarrow

Simon Scarrow's bestselling Roman Legion series chronicles the adventures of centurions Macro and Cato as they defend the far reaches of the imperium. The series has been published worldwide to near universal...

Spartacus: Morituri

by Mark Morris

The Gladiator

Spartacus #1

by Ben Kane

“Gritty, passionate and violent, this thrilling book is a real page-turner and a damn good read. It brings Spartacus—and ancient Rome—to vivid, colorful life.” —Steven Pressfield, author of Gates of...

Master and God

by Lindsey Davis

From New York Times bestselling novelist Lindsey Davis comes an epic novel of first-century Rome and the Emperor Domitian, known to all of the Roman world as Master and God 

Set in the reign of the Emperor Domitian...

The Caspian Gates

Warrior of Rome #4

by Harry Sidebottom

AD 262 --the Roman Imperium is in turmoil after the struggle for the throne that brought Gallienus to power. And Ephesus, the metropolis of the Eastern Empire, lies in ruins, shattered by a mighty earthquake....

Empress of the Seven Hills

by Kate Quinn

From the national bestselling author of Daughters of Rome and Mistress of Rome comes a tale of love, power, and intrigue spanning the wilds of the Empire to the seven hills of Rome.

Powerful, prosperous, and...

The Song of Achilles

Women's Prize for Fiction 2012

by Madeline Miller

The legend begins...

Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia to be raised in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. “The best...

The Manchurian Princess

by N. E. Luciano

The Manchurian Princess is a romance set in the time of the building of the Great Wall of China -- to many, a time of great betrayal by the Boy Emperor, Shihuangdi. He had at first welcomed those who fought...

Death of Virgil

by Hermann Broch

It is the reign of the Emperor Augustus, and Publius Vergilius Maro, the poet of the Aeneid and Caesar's enchanter, has been summoned to the palace, where he will shortly die. Out of the last hours of Virgil's...

The Road to Rome

The Forgotten Legion Trilogy #3

by Ben Kane

In 48 B.C., having survived a disastrous campaign in Pythia as part of the Forgotten Legion and spent years fighting their way back to Rome, Romulus and Tarquinius have finally made it as far as Alexandria....

The Silver Chalice: A Novel

by Thomas B. Costain

The latest release in the Christian Epic series is an exciting novel that takes place shortly after Christ's death and resurrection. Basil is called to design the case which will hold the silver cup that Christ...

Lion of the Sun

Warrior of Rome #3

by Harry Sidebottom

Mesopotamia, AD 260. Betrayed by his most trusted adviser, the Roman Emperor Valerian has been captured by the Sassanid barbarians. The shame of the vanquished beats down mercilessly, as the frail old emperor...

The End of Sparta

by Victor Davis Hanson

In this sweeping and deeply imagined historical novel, acclaimed classicist Victor Davis Hanson re-creates the battles of one of the greatest generals of ancient Greece, Epaminondas. At the Battle of Leuktra,...

The Dovekeepers: A Novel

by Alice Hoffman

Over five years in the writing,

The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman’s most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of imagination and research, set in ancient Israel.

In 70 C.E., nine hundred Jews held...

Asher

by Charles A Lehman

Col. Chuck Lehman, author of Angels Three Six and The Big Woods, brings us a compelling story of a first century legionnaire in a small town called Bethlehem. Follow Legionnaire Asher from his horrific first...

Attila

by Ross Laidlaw

‘A tremendous story . . . the incursion into the empire of the strangest and most frightening of the barbarian invaders – and he tells it with great verve and vigour. His prose has a pace, he has a keen...

Theodoric

by Ross Laidlaw

While the army of the Goths makes war, the Romans may live in peace!' AD 468. With the last Roman emperor of the West deposed, the Empire is in ruins – a plaything for the barbarian armies that rampage across...

The God's Wife

by Lynn Voedisch

The women of ancient Egypt were the freest of any civilization on earth, until the modern era. In several dynasties of ancient Egypt the God's Wives of Amun stood tall, priestesses of wealth and power, who represented...

The Silver Eagle

The Forgotten Legion Trilogy #2

by Ben Kane

“A gripping blend of history, battles, gore, ancient politics, betrayals, consummate and casual cruelty, and sex....a pleasure for those who like history and great adventure.” —Library Journal on The Forgotten...