Reading list for modern fiction
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Modern Fiction Set in Ancient Rome
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Colleen McCullough ("Masters of Rome")
All by Colleen McCullough and in paperback, unless otherwise noted.
The First Man in Rome
Colleen McCullough. (1991). ISBN 0380710811
Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671726285 ).
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Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671726285 ).
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The Grass Crown
Colleen McCullough. (1992). ISBN 038071082X
Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731513 ).
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Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731513 ).
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Fortune's Favorites
Colleen McCullough. (1994). ISBN 0380710838
Also available as an audiobook(ISBN 0671731521 ).
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Also available as an audiobook(ISBN 0671731521 ).
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Caesar's Women
Colleen McCullough. (1997). ISBN 0380710846
Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731548 ).
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Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731548 ).
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Caesar: A Novel
Colleen McCullough. (1997). ISBN 0060510854
Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 067173153X ).
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Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 067173153X ).
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The October Horse
Colleen McCullough. (2002). ISBN 0684853310
Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0743528182 ).
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Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0743528182 ).
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Steven Saylor ("Gordianus The Finder" mysteries)
The Arms of Nemesis
Steven Saylor. (1995). ISBN 0804111278
Paperback. Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786111291 ). Marcus Crassus' estate overseer has been murdered, and 99 slaves' lives are forfeit unless Gordianus can unravel the mystery.
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Paperback. Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786111291 ). Marcus Crassus' estate overseer has been murdered, and 99 slaves' lives are forfeit unless Gordianus can unravel the mystery.
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Catalina's Riddle
Steven Saylor. (1994). ISBN 080411269X
Paperback. Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786111771 ). Gordianus flees the hubbub of Rome for the Etruscan countryside, but finds he can't stay away from political intrigues.
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Paperback. Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786111771 ). Gordianus flees the hubbub of Rome for the Etruscan countryside, but finds he can't stay away from political intrigues.
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House of the Vestals
Steven Saylor. (1997). ISBN 0312154445
Hardcover. Also available in paperback (ISBN 0312964528 ). Short stories about some of Gordianus' early adventures. Also includes a historical note about the time period between the end of Sulla's dictatorship and the Spartacus slave revolt.
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Hardcover. Also available in paperback (ISBN 0312964528 ). Short stories about some of Gordianus' early adventures. Also includes a historical note about the time period between the end of Sulla's dictatorship and the Spartacus slave revolt.
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A Murder on the Appian Way
Steven Saylor. (1996). ISBN 031214377X
Hardcover. Also available in paperback (ISBN 0312961731 ). This time, Gordianus gets mixed up in the murder of Publius Clodius. The fictional detective's investigations foreshadow the real events to come with the fall of the Republic.
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Hardcover. Also available in paperback (ISBN 0312961731 ). This time, Gordianus gets mixed up in the murder of Publius Clodius. The fictional detective's investigations foreshadow the real events to come with the fall of the Republic.
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Roman Blood
Steven Saylor. (1994). ISBN 0804110395
Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786110589 ). Gordianus helps Cicero investigate for the defense of Sextus Roscius (Cicero's first big case).
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Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786110589 ). Gordianus helps Cicero investigate for the defense of Sextus Roscius (Cicero's first big case).
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The Venus Throw
Steven Saylor. (1994). ISBN 0312957785
An Egyptian ambassador to Rome comes to Gordianus for help, plunging him into a tale of international intrigue and debauchery.
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An Egyptian ambassador to Rome comes to Gordianus for help, plunging him into a tale of international intrigue and debauchery.
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Lindsey Davis (Marcus Didius Falco mysteries)
All by Lindsey Davis and in paperback, unless otherwise noted.
The Silver Pigs
Lindsey Davis. (1989). ISBN 0345369076
Marcus Didius Falco runs into a beautiful woman in the Forum and helps her track down missing silver ingots in this first novel. Introduces Falco's family and his lady friend, Helena Justina.
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Marcus Didius Falco runs into a beautiful woman in the Forum and helps her track down missing silver ingots in this first novel. Introduces Falco's family and his lady friend, Helena Justina.
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Shadows in Bronze
Lindsey Davis. (1990). ISBN 0345373901
Falco wants to marry Justina, but finds himself too poor — until the Emperor Vespasian has a little job of spying he wants done ...
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Falco wants to marry Justina, but finds himself too poor — until the Emperor Vespasian has a little job of spying he wants done ...
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Venus in Copper
Lindsey Davis. (1991). ISBN 0345373901
Roman real-estate mogul Hortensius Novus is poisoned at a banquet, and his creepy fiancee, Severina Zotica, wants Falco to investigate.
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Roman real-estate mogul Hortensius Novus is poisoned at a banquet, and his creepy fiancee, Severina Zotica, wants Falco to investigate.
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The Iron Hand of Mars
Lindsey Davis. (1992). ISBN 034538024X
Falco goes undercover in Germania to enlist a Druid priestess' aid in finding a missing Roman general.
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Falco goes undercover in Germania to enlist a Druid priestess' aid in finding a missing Roman general.
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Poseidon's Gold
Lindsey Davis. (1992). ISBN 0345380258
Falco makes it back to Rome only to find himself a suspect in his brother's death.
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Falco makes it back to Rome only to find himself a suspect in his brother's death.
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Last Act in Palmyra
Lindsey Davis. (1997). ISBN 0446404748
Falco and Helena travel to Petra on a spy mission, only to find themselves mixed up with circus performers and a murder.
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Falco and Helena travel to Petra on a spy mission, only to find themselves mixed up with circus performers and a murder.
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Time to Depart
Lindsey Davis. (1998). ISBN 0446605913
After a notorious criminal is banished from Rome, Falco and his staunchly upright friend Petronius join forces to stem a crime wave.
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After a notorious criminal is banished from Rome, Falco and his staunchly upright friend Petronius join forces to stem a crime wave.
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A Dying Light in Corduba
Lindsey Davis. (1996). ISBN 0446606804
Two Imperial spies are attacked, and one killed, after the olive oil barons' banquet. Falco must juggle a mystery with his own impending fatherhood.
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Two Imperial spies are attacked, and one killed, after the olive oil barons' banquet. Falco must juggle a mystery with his own impending fatherhood.
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alternate Roman history by Kirk Mitchell
Procurator
Kirk Mitchell. (1984). ISBN 0441680291
Alternate-history sf novel, a first novel.
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Alternate-history sf novel, a first novel.
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The New Barbarians
Kirk Mitchell. (1986). ISBN 0441571018
Alternate-world sf novel of high-tech Romans vs. Aztecs, sequel to Procurator.
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Alternate-world sf novel of high-tech Romans vs. Aztecs, sequel to Procurator.
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Cry Republic
Kirk Mitchell. (1989). ISBN 0441123899
Alternate history sf novel. Political intrigue in a 20th-century Roman empire. Third in a series.
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Alternate history sf novel. Political intrigue in a 20th-century Roman empire. Third in a series.
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