STEVEN’S BOOKSHOP/UK





Novels about the Ancient World —
hundreds of titles!
Ancient Authors including Cicero, Caesar, Plutarch & Catullus










Any time you visit Amazon, please do so by clicking a book link below, or via one of these portal buttons. This will help keep the Bookshop up and online. Many thanks!


NOVELS ABOUT THE ANCIENT WORLD

Special Fiction Bookshelves:
Roman Britain Troy Greece
Cleo-
Mania!
 Alexander
Attila
Classic
Novels		 Mystery Sci-Fi/
Fantasy		 Younger
Readers

Recent Arrivals & Backlist:
Antony and Cleopatra by Colleen McCullough continues the author’s monumental Masters of Rome saga with the tale of history’s most famous lovers. Previous novels in this bestselling series: The First Man in Rome, The Grass Crown, Fortune’s Favourites, Caesar’s Women, Caesar, and The October Horse. Of related interest: McCullough’s epic novel The Song of Troy.


Valerio Massimo Manfredi created an international sensation with The Alexander Trilogy: Child of a Dream, The Sands of Ammon & The Ends of the Earth.

The Italian author’s other novels of the ancient world: The Last Legion (now a motion picture), in which Roman soldiers rescue a boy-emperor from barbarians and flee to Britain. • Spartan, the story of two brothers in the harsh city-state of Sparta • Heroes (aka The Talisman of Troy), in which the Greek warrior Diomedes journeys to Italy after the Trojan War. • Tyrant, the tale of Dionysius of Syracuse and his epic war with Carthage. • Empire of Dragons, which follows Roman soldiers on a journey to China. • The Lost Army is about the legendary march of the Greek warrior Xenophon.

Manfredi’s modern-day archaeological thrillers: The Oracle, which links macabre murders in modern Greece to a legendary hero of the Trojan War • The Tower, in which archaeologists discover a lost city in the desert that holds a terrifying secret for all mankind • Pharaoh concerns a shattering discovey about Moses and the Ark of the Covenant.

The Fall of Rome is the most ambitious novel yet by Michael Curtis Ford. His previous books: The Ten Thousand, about epic struggles of Xenophon and the Spartan mercenaries stranded in Persia; Gods & Legions, a passionate account of the emperor Julian (compare to Gore Vidal’s classic Julian); The Last King, the saga of Mithridates the Great, rival of Rome; and The Sword of Attila, set against the twilight years of Rome’s empire.
ATTILA by William Napier “The end of the world will come from the East...” The epic tale of the Hun continues in ATTILA: The Gathering of the Storm. By the author of Julia. (William Napier is the penname of novelist Christopher Hart, author of Rescue Me and The Harvest.)
LAVINIA by Ursula K. LeGuin Before the Trojan warrior Aeneas founded Rome, he took the daughter of King Latinus to be his wife. “Deserves to be ranked with I, Claudius.” (Publishers Weekly) COUNTING THE STARS by Helen Dunmore The poet Catullus woos his lover Clodia in the brittle, brutal Roman society of Julius Caesar. “Dunmore’s skilful scene-setting and characterisation ensure that the action always grips.” (The Times)
TYRANT by Christian Cameron After fighting for Alexander, Kineas becomes a mercenary for the Tyrant of Olbia on the Black Sea, where he encounters danger, love, and the intervention of the gods. REPUBLIC: The Pillars of Rome by Christian Cameron begins a new series about the turbulent Roman Republic. Sequel: Sword of Revenge.
THE WATER THIEF by Ben Pastor A Roman historian investigates the drowning death of Antinous, favorite of the emperor Hadrian, and uncovers an ancient conspiracy. ROME BURNING by Sophia McDougall Alternate history in which Rome’s empire still rules the modern world; a sequel to Romanitas.
THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN by Steven Pressfield Stirring new novel of Alexander at war by the bestselling author of Alexander: The Virtures of War and Gates of Fire.
 THE CLEFT by Doris Lessing An old Roman senator retells of the story of human creation, beginning with the Clefts, a community of women living in an Edenic, coastal wilderness...
THIS BREATHING WORLD by José Luis de Juan A Harvard student and a scribe of ancient Rome recount parallel tales of sexual adventure...and murder. “Past, present and future coalesce in a mask of perfect unity ... beautifully written.” El Pais TROY: SHIELD OF THUNDER by David Gemmell As the war of Troy looms, the kings of the Great Green gather with dark plans of conquest and plunder. A sequel to Lord of the Silver Bow.
THE EAGLE by Jack Whyte The concluding volume of The Camulod Chronicles, the story of King Arthur set against the backdrop of the Roman and Celtic struggle for Britain. HAWK by George Green In the reign of Tiberius, a procurer of wild beasts for the arena heads for Germany in search of a rare, dangerous creature. High adventure by the author of Hound.
IMPERIUM by Robert Harris The story of Cicero and the rise of Rome’s empire, as told by his private secretary Tiro; by the author of Pompeii, Fatherland and Enigma. A GOD STROLLING IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING by Mario de Carvalho Prize-winning novel of moral conflict in the age of Marcus Aurelius, translated from the Portuguese.
MEN OF BRONZE by Scott Oden Egypt, 526 B.C.: a decadent kingdom faces threats and intrigue from Greeks, Persians, and Phoenicians. By the author of Memnon. DAUGHTER OF THE CROCODILE by Duncan Sprott continues the saga of the Ptolemies, who ruled Egypt from the death of Alexander to the death of Cleopatra. Volume I: The House of Eagles.
PILATE’S WIFE by Antoinette May From her privileged place in Roman society, Claudia Procula views the doings of madmen, emperors, and prophets. PILATE’S WIFE by H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) The famous poet of the 1920s labored long on this unusual novel, in which Pilate’s wife plots to avert the crucifixion of Jesus.
BOUDICA: Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott began an epic series about the Iron Age queen who defied Rome, followed by Dreaming the Bull, Dreaming the Hound, & Dreaming the Serpent Spear.
 BOUDICA, QUEEN OF THE ICENI by Joseph E. Roesch Caught in a tragic web and trusting in ancient prophecy, Boudica raises the Britons in a bloody revolt against the merciless legions of Nero.
HELEN OF TROY by Margaret George The epic story of the Spartan princess, by the bestselling author of Mary, Called Magdalene, The Autobiography of Henry VIII, and Memoirs of Cleopatra. THE MEMOIRS OF HELEN OF TROY by Amanda Elyot In middle age, Helen writes her autobiography for her daughter, Hermione, revealing how she became the notorious Helen of Troy.
EMPEROR: The Gods of War by Conn Iggulden continues the saga of Julius Caesar. Previous titles: The Gates of Rome • The Death of Kings • The Field of Swords. THE NERO PREDICTION by Humphrey Knipe When Rome ruled the world, astrology ruled Rome. Nero’s secretary battles the prediction that he will murder the musical messiah.
Simon Scarrow’s novels of robust military adventure follow centurion Macro and his protege Cato as they contend with ferocious Britons and deadly imperial intrigues. In order: Under the Eagle, The Eagle’s Conquest, When the Eagle Hunts, The Eagle and the Wolves, The Eagle’s Prey, The Eagle’s Prophecy, Eagle in the Sand, and Centurion.
The classic novels of Alfred Duggan include THREE’S COMPANY, a novel of the struggle between Octavian and Antony as seen by the third man in the Triumvirate, Lepidus. WINTER QUARTERS follows the far-flung adventures of two Gauls in the Roman legions, including Crassus’s Parthian campaign. THE LITTLE EMPERORS and CONSCIENCE OF THE KING are set in Roman Britain. FAMILY FAVOURITES is about the notorious emperor Elagabalus.
THE MYTHS

“A series of works that retell the great myths of the world is being released simultaneously in more than 30 countries, one of the largest synchronized publishing efforts ever...The publisher vows [the series] will eventually number more than 100.” (New York Times) • A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong • The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, a retelling of the myth of Penelope and Odysseus • Weight by Jeanette Winterson, updating the tale of Atlas and Herakles • The Helmet of Horror: The Myth of Theseus & the Minotaur by Victor Pelevin • Lion’s Honey by David Grossman, the story of Samson• Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams by Andrew McCall Smith
THE EUNUCH NEFERU by Daniel Tegan Marsche In the 1st century B.C., an aging Roman general, smitten by the handsome peasant Kebryn, takes the youth from his desert hovel to the marble halls of Alexandria. A STRUGGLE FOR ROME by Felix Dahn The German classic set in the reign of Justinian. To save Rome, Cethegus travels to Byzantium to seek the emperor’s help against the invading Goths.
THE DRUID KING by Norman Spinrad Science fiction master turns to historical fiction with the epic tale of Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls against Julius Caesar. THE FIRST HEROES ed by Turtledove & Doyle 14 original tales by authors including Gene Wolfe, Poul Anderson, Judith Tarr, and S.M. Stirling range from the Euphrates to Troy and beyond.
THE YOUNG JULIAN by Thomas J. Hairston Grand-nephew of Constantine the Great, the eventual emperor Julian is stalked through his adolescence by a powerful cousin bent on his death. MEMOIRS OF A BYZANTINE EUNUCH by Christopher Harris Castrated and enslaved, Zeno becomes the property of an eminent scholar and is ushered into the glittering court-life of Constantinople.
FOLLOWING HADRIAN by Elizabeth Speller combines travelogue, biography and fictional memoir to recount the life of the emperor who ruled Rome at the peak of her power. DAUGHTER OF LAZARUS by Albert A. Bell, Jr. Lorcis, a female slave, witnesses the eruption of Vesuvius and the decadence of Domitian’s court.
LEGION by William Altimari A centurion arrives in Gaul to train the raw recruits of the 25th Legion, just in time to face a massive barbarian invasion. 68 A.D. by D.G. Bellenger Valerian, son of the murdered emperor Galba, encounters intrigue, rebellion, and murder as he seeks his father’s assassins.
AN IMAGINARY LIFE by David Malouf In exile on the desolate Black Sea coast, the supremely urbane poet Ovid attempts to civilize a feral child. THE LOVE ARTIST by Jane Alison On the Black Sea coast, the poet Ovid encounters Xenia, a wild-eyed young woman who becomes his muse.
TRAJAN AND PLOTINA by David Corson The marriage of Trajan, the “perfect prince,” and the philosopher-empress Plotina raises Rome to new heights of grandeur. • DOMITIA & DOMITIAN by David Corson Panoramic (697 pages) novel of the emperor whose reign included the siege of Masada, the eruption of Vesuvius, the burying of Pompeii, and the opening of the Colosseum.
A SONG FOR NERO is Tom Holt’s latest comic novel set in the ancient world, with a stunner of a “what-if?” twist on the life of Nero. Previously, in Olympiad, Holt lampooned the creation of the first Games. In The Walled Orchard, he viewed the Golden Age of Athens through the eyes of a cynical goat-herd. In Alexander at the World’s End, he spun parallel stories of two Alexanders—one busy conquering the world, the other struggling to care for his own village.
THE ROMAN TRILOGY by Benita Kane Jaro Three interrelated but independent novels focus on the same period as Steven’s Roma Sub Rosa books: The Key, about the poet Catullus; The Lock, about Cicero; and The Door in the Wall, about Marcus Caelius, the quicksilver lover of Clodia, protege of Cicero, and betrayer of Caesar. John le Carre says Jaro possesses “a voice I can listen to, and an ear that hears right.”
NOVELS OF ROME & THE DARK AGES by Allan Massie Massie brings the ancient world to life in his novels about the titans of imperial Rome: Caesar, Antony, Augustus, Tiberius, Nero’s Heirs, and Caligula. The author’s Dark Ages Trilogy begins with The Evening of the World, in which a young nobleman witnesses barbarian onslaughts and the seedy splendors of Byzantium, and continues with a very revisionist Arthur the King.


Through a long and varied career, Gillian Bradshaw has established herself as a leading author of historical fiction set in the ancient world.

What if the son of Caesar and Cleopatra had not been killed after his mother’s demise? That’s the premise of Cleopatra’s Heir. In The Beacon at Alexandria, a young woman passes as a eunuch to study medicine in Alexandria, and becomes a doctor on the frontiers of the Roman Empire. • The Sand-Reckoner charts the life of Archimedes, who used scientific genius to create weapons of mass destruction. • Island of Ghosts is a tale of frontier intrigue, as soldiers patrol Hadrian’s Wall on the “Island of Ghosts” — foggy, barbaric Britannia. • In Render Unto Caesar, a young Alexandrian travels to Rome and encounters a female gladiator who is more than she seems. • Alchemy of Fire takes place in Constantinople in age of the Arab invasions, as a concubine tries to hide the fact that her daughter is a royal princess.


CUTTER’S ISLAND by Vincent Panella Based on a seminal event of Caesar’s youth — his kidnapping by pirates (which inspired Steven’s story “Little Caesar and the Pirates” in The House of the Vestals.) JULIA by William Napier Young lovers struggle to survive in the twilight of the Roman Empire, from the deserts of Mesopotamia to the dangerous alleys of Londinium. By the author of Attila.
CENTURION by Peter W. Mitsopoulos Centurion Glaxus Valtinius battles wild beasts, barbarians, and the murderous incompetence of his own commander, whose carelessness threatens the survival of three legions. THE SEA PEOPLES by Les Cole Latest in the author’s epic series of nautical adventures set in the Bronze Age, preceded by Lion at Sea.

  To find out more about Steven’s own books and their availability in the U.K., please visit the Roma Sub Rosa/UK Editions page.

Didn’t find what you were looking for?
Try searching at Amazon.co.uk:

Search:
Keywords:
In Association with Amazon.co.uk