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Author
Series
Poisoner mysteries volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Author
Series
Ancient Rome (P. C. Doherty) volume 4
Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Author
Series
Rome novels volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A.D. 69. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. The Year of Four Emperors will change everything, especially the lives of two sisters. Cornelia embodies the essence of the perfect Roman wife. She lives to one day see her loyal husband as Emperor. Her sister Marcella is more aloof, content to witness history. But when a bloody coup turns their world upside-down, both women must maneuver carefully just to stay alive.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Working as a private informer in Rome during the reign of Domitian, Flavia Albia is hired to investigate a fatal accident, an investigation that turns sinister when her client dies under suspicious circumstances that place Flavia's reputation at stake.
Author
Series
Forgotten Legion trilogy volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A prima ballerina. Two American medics. And a young Jewish girl with no name... At the height of the Nazi occupation of Rome, an unlikely band of heroes comes together in this breathtaking World War II novel based on real historical events. Rome, 1943. With the fall of Italy's Fascist government and the Nazi regime occupying the streets of Rome, British ballerina Julia Bradbury is stranded and forced to take refuge at a hospital on Tiber Island....
Author
Series
Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
11) Caesar's women
Author
Series
Masters of Rome volume 4
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
12) The Jupiter myth
Author
Series
Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Mysterious Press Published by Warner Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Author
Series
SPQR mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
15) Deadly election
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In the first century A.D., during Domitian's reign, Flavia Albia is ready for a short break from her family. So, in July, she returns to Rome, leaving them at their place on the coast. Albia, the daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, now retired as private informer, has taken up her father's former profession and it's time to get back to work. The first order business, however, is the corpse found in a chest sent as part of a large lot to be sold by the...
16) Lavinia
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In The Aeneid, Vergil's hero fights to claim the king's daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an empire. Lavinia herself never speaks a word in the poem. Now, Ursula K. Le Guin gives Lavinia a voice in a novel that takes the reader to the half-wild world of ancient Italy, when Rome was a muddy village near seven hills.--From amazon.com.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Inspired by a real-life female spy, a WWII-set novel about a woman challenging convention and boundaries to help win a war, no matter the cost. "A gripping, fascinating read." --Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan 1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital. One of the OSS's few female operatives abroad and multilingual, she's tasked...
Author
Series
Mark of the lion volume 3
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
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