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Find Me
  • Author(s): André Aciman
  • Location(s): Paris, Florence, Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In this spellbinding new exploration of the varieties of love, the author of ‘Call Me by Your Name’ lets us back into his characters’ lives years after their first meeting In ‘Find Me’, Aciman shows us Elio’s father, Samuel,...

Firebird

Firebird
  • Author(s): Juliette Cross
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fantasy, Fiction
  • Era(s): Ancient Rome

(The Fire That Binds) A spicy historical romantasy set in Ancient Rome where Emperors may govern but dragons rule . . . A conqueror captivated. A witch prophesied to save them all. A world where dragons rule Rome. From...

Fortune’s Favourites (Masters of Rome – 3)

Fortune’s Favourites (Masters of Rome – 3)
  • Author(s): Colleen McCullough
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): BC

Gods of Rome (Rise of Emperors #3)

Gods of Rome (Rise of Emperors #3)
  • Author(s): Gordon Doherty, Simon Turney
  • Location(s): Rome, Italy, Milan, Ravenna, Turin (Torino)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late Antiquity, Late Roman Empire

For one to rule, the other must die. 312 AD is a year of horrific and brutal warfare. Constantine’s northern army is a small force, plagued by religious rivalries, but seemingly unstoppable as they invade Maxentius’ Italian heartlands. These...

History: A Novel

History: A Novel
  • Author(s): Elsa Morante
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1940s

HISTORY was written nearly 3 decades after Morante spent a year hiding from the Germans in remote farming villages in the mountains south of Rome. There she witnessed the full impact of the war and first formed the ambition...

How It All Blew Up

How It All Blew Up
  • Author(s): Arvin Ahmadi
  • Location(s): Rome, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew that coming out to his Muslim family would be messy, but he wasn’t expecting it to end in an airport interrogation room. Now, he’s telling his side of the story to the stern-faced officer....

I am Livia

I am Livia
  • Author(s): Phyllis T Smith
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 100BC / 100AD

Her life would be marked by scandal and suspicion, worship and adoration… At the tender age of fourteen, Livia Drusilla overhears her father and fellow aristocrats plotting the assassination of Julius Caesar. Proving herself an astute confidante, she becomes...

Imperium

Imperium
  • Author(s): Robert Harris
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 70 BC

When Tiro, the confidential secretary of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events which will eventually propel his master into one of the...

In Exile

In Exile
  • Author(s): Alexandra Turney
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Coming of Age, Magical Realism
  • Era(s): 20th century

‘No one in this city has believed in me for two thousand years. I’m unknown and unloved. And I’m very, very ill.’ He sighed, and the sound chilled her blood. ‘Give me your hand.’ Dionysus, god of wine and...

Incognito

Incognito
  • Author(s): Khaled Talib
  • Location(s): Geneva, Egypt, Rome, St Moritz, Türkiye (Turkey), Vatican City
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Present

Pope Gregoire XVII was last seen waving to the crowd at Saint Peter’s square from the famous Apostolic Palace window. Despite several layers of tight security, neither the Gendarmerie nor The Entity (the Vatican’s secret service) or the Swiss...

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