Fires of Alexandria: Book One of the Alexandrian Saga by Thomas K. Carpenter This is historical fiction based on some facts but with an extremely implausible story. I usually enjoy ancient history and gave it a good try. The famous Heron, genius and inventor, lived in Alexandria, Egypt during the first century, A.D. The Roman Empire …
Caveat Emptor: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie; Bloomsbury USA (2010), Hardcover, 352 pages; This fourth volume in the series finds Ruso back in Britain and reluctantly as usual on the case of a missing tax collector. I say as usual because he seldom has his way with anything, it seems, and …
Buried Too Deep by Jane Finnis; My rating: 3 of 5 stars; An Aurelia Marcella Roman Mystery set in early Britain. Aurelia is such a strong character that it’s easy to like her. With her brother Lucius at her back and her friends and relatives beside her, she rides into her third mystery, this time …
