Set in the 11th century, twin boys leave Norway with their father and his entire household to build a new life in Britain. However, their ships crash on the shore of Scotland and they meet death and danger in the lands of the Black Fox. The boys use their wits and their natural talent...
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Famous for its capital city Rome, Italy has some of the world’s most prominent landmarks, including the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Vatican, The Spanish Steps and the Duomo Museum. Italy is also rich in the arts: it has produced many well-known Renaissance artisans throu...
22. An Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir Stories of rebel spies never seem to get old, but Sabaa Tahir's fantasy series is a fresh take on this fantasy fiction trope. This series is set in an alternate world based on ancient Rome. A militaristic regime runs this land, and ...
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set in a world, or a time and place far removed from our own, full of deep and rich characters. Reading has always been about escapism for me, and these two genres have always been the best way to take myself away from the harsh realities of our busy modern world and transport me ...
Q: Rombies (written by Tom Taylor, illustrated by Skye Ogden, Colours by Mikiko Ponczeck) is a historical paranormal tale set in ancient Rome. What inspired you to set a story in ancient Rome? Have you always been fascinated by its history? Skye Ogden inspired me. Honestly, this was ori...
* After avoiding books set in Ancient Rome for most of my life, two of my favourite books of the year turned out to beImperiumandLustrumby Robert Harris, the first two books in his Cicero trilogy. * Here on the blog I announced myReading the Walter Scott Prize project(something I have...
City of God is set in Rome at the beginning of the sixteenth century and, as the subtitle suggests, it is A Novel of the Borgias. With the former Rodrigo Borgia now Pope Alexander VI, the Borgia family already wield a large amount of influence in Rome, but the Pope’s illegitimate son...
romances of Scott, Cooper, and Kenneth Roberts, but also works that strive to convey the essence of life in a certain time and place, such as Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter (1920–22), about life in medieval Norway, and Mary Renault's Mask of Apollo (1966), set in ancient ...