Posts Tagged ‘historical’

The king of Scotland is dead. Civil war threatens as powerful Scottish families fight over the throne, unaware that King Edward of England has plans of his own. For years, Edward has nurtured a fierce vision of conquest, inspired by the words of an ancient prophecy from the time of the legendary King Arthur that…

This book is set in third century Rome. It is a dramatic era of murder, coup, counter-rebellions and civil war. In a single year six emperors will lay claim to the Throne of the Caesars. Spring, AD235. Dawn on the Rhine. A surprise attack and the brutal murder of the Emperor Alexander and his mother…

Rome is burning. Only one man can save it. The Emperor: Nero, Emperor of Rome and all her provinces, feared by his subjects for his temper and cruelty, is in possession of an ancient document predicting that Rome will burn. The Spy: Sebastos Pantera, assassin and spy for the Roman Legions, is ordered to stop…

The latest exciting historical adventure in M. C. Scott’s Rome series. Demalion of Macedon never wanted to be a legionary. An unwilling recruit, he is appalled to be posted to the infamous XIIth legion, notorious for its ill luck. Promoted slowly through the ranks, he does his best to please his superiors, and in doing…

“Paula McLain cements herself as the writer of historical fictional memoir, giving vivid voice to Beryl Markham, a singular, extraordinary woman. Markham crackles to life, and we readers truly understand what made a woman so far ahead of her time believe she had the power to soar.”–Jodi Picoult Paula McLain, author of the phenomenal New…

In 1771, Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his twentieth-century time-traveler wife, Claire, become caught between loyalty to the Crown and the changing times, as the American Revolution draws inevitably closer.