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Circus Maximus: Race to the Death
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Ancient Roman
Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory. Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12...
Circus Maximus: Rivals on the Track
- Location(s): Rome, Africa
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Ancient Rome
Disguised as the mysterious Princess Sophonisba, Dido is the only girl ever to have raced to victory in the Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting arena of Ancient Rome. Now she has vanished with the Emperor Caligula’s favourite horse …...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
The inside track on Rome, this is not a travel guide. From the author’s blog: The coffee at Sant’Eustachio is unbelievable but go to Tazza d’Oro for the granita di caffè….
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, 57 BC
- Location(s): Alexandria, Rome
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 57 BC
Established “Dear America” author Kristiana Gregory kicks off “The Royal Diaries” with the captivating story of a young Cleopatra’s life. While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, twelve-year-old Cleopatra records in her diary how she...
- Location(s): Volterra, Rome
- Genre(s): Culture, Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
(Rick Montoya Italian Mysteries Book 1) Rick Montoya has moved from New Mexico to Rome, embracing the life of a translator. He’s settling in to la dolce vita when a school friend who is now senior in the Italian...
- Location(s): Rome, San Francisco
- Genre(s): Thriller
Allan Prime looked ready to die of fright, even before the bright, shining spear with the blood-soaked tip reached his head . . . The death mask of the poet Dante is to be exhibited at the premiere of...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1st Century AD
More gripping than Game of Thrones and more ruthless than House of Cards – this a stunning new thriller of power, treachery and revenge In a darkened cell, a brutally deposed dictator lies crippled – deprived of his power,...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
- Era(s): 44 BCE to 235 CE
What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world? In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1937
Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco the brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists; and Sandro...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Life can change in a split second, and so it does for twenty-eight-year-old photographer Finn Chambers. One careless decision at the Cimitero Acattolico in the eternal city of Rome, finds him falling head first onto Shelley’s tomb, to his...
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