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THE IDES OF APRIL by Mary Ray A whodunnit set in the reign of Nero: when a senator is murdered, all the slaves will die unless 17-year-old Hylas finds the killer! A sequel, BEYOND THE DESERT GATE, takes place in Palestine. |
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NOVELS OF ROMAN BRITAIN by Rosemary Sutcliff Sutcliff’s tales of the Romans legions in Britain include the million-copy bestseller The Eagle of the Ninth and its sequel The Silver Branch. Song for a Dark Queen tells the story of Queen Boudicca. The Outcast is about a Roman boy raised by a British tribe. The Lantern Bearers takes place after the Romans abandon Britain.
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INSIDE THE WALLS OF TROY by Clemence McLaren The tale of the Trojan War as seen through the eyes of the beautiful Helen and the tragic Cassandra. By the same author: Waiting for Odysseus, told from the point of view of the four women most central to the tale of Odysseus. Aphrodite’s Blessing: Love Stories from the Greek Myths brings to life three heroines, Atalanta, Andromeda and Psyche, and shows how each obtains a worthy mate. |
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TALES OF HOMER retold by Rosemary Sutcliff include Black Ships Before Troy, the story of Helen of Troy and The Iliad, and The Wanderings of Odysseus, which traces the perilous journeys of the hero of The Odyssey in a world of fabulous myth. Both volumes are marvelously illustrated by Alan Lee. |
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ANCIENT WORLD NOVELS by Nikos Kazantzakis The world-famous author of Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ also wrote novels for younger readers, including Alexander the Great, a view of the conqueror as seen through the eyes of a young boy in the Macedonian court, and At the Palaces of Knossos, the stirring tale of Theseus, Ariadne, and the Minotaur. |
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ROMAN SCHOOLBOY MYSTERIES by Henry Winterfeld First published in Germany in the 1950s and ’60s, Winterfeld’s books feature humor, history, hair-breadth escapes and razor-sharp logic. In Detectives in Togas, a group of boys find their teacher bound and a friend blamed for defacing a temple, but there’s more to the case than meets the eye. In Mystery of the Roman Ransom, the boys track down a murder plot. Both books have delightful illustrations. For ages 9 and up.
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NOVELS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD by G.A. Henty These handsomely illustrated classics span the length and breadth of the ancient world. In The Young Carthaginian, a young noble follows Hannibal in his campaigns against Rome. In Beric the Briton, a boy-chief fighting with Boudicca is captured by Romans and taken to Nero’s Rome to become a gladiator. Also by Henty: For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem and The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt. |
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GALEN: MY LIFE IN IMPERIAL ROME by Marissa Moss Jottings and drawings by a 12-year-old working alongside his father, an artist in the home of Augustus. |
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SPEND THE DAY IN ANCIENT ROME by Honan & Kosmer includes projects and activities, from draping a toga to preparing a Roman feast. Ages 8-12. |
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THE ARKADIANS by Lloyd Alexander The award-winning author of the Prydain Chronicles takes his inspiration from Greek myth for this lively tale of a poor clerk and a talking donkey on a heroic quest.
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THE SILENT FORT by Fay Sampson A trio of young Britons are caught up in the dnagerous intrigues of druids, tribal warriors, and invading Roman legions.
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TROY by Adele Geras Geras’s 368-page epic transforms the triumphs and tragedies of Homer’s Iliad into a fascinating novel for young adults. Shortlisted for the Whitbread Best Children’s Book award.
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IN SEARCH OF A HOMELAND by Penelope Lively Ian Andrew illustrates this masterful and gripping retelling of Virgil’s Aeneid for readers age 9 and up.
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