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Susie Helme

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Susie Helme is an American from Nashville, Tennessee, living in London, after sojourns in Tokyo, Paris and Geneva with a passion for ancient history, politics and magic, mythology and religion. She is a political activist and a socialist. Once editor of Mobile Communications Asia and other mobile communications magazines, she co-authored the Jan 2000 Future Mobile Handsets. She published with the Conrad Press in December 2020 her first novel, The Lost Wisdom of the Magi, which is a finalist in the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards for ‘Best Historical’. She is founder member of the Bounds Green Book Writers writers’ circle, which published in Autumn 2020 an anthology of coronavirus-inspired fiction, Lockdown Lit—Inspiration in Isolati ...more

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	The Lost Wisdom of the Magi: The Memoirs of Sophia Zealotes 4.52 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	All Points Imagination: Short stories and tall tales of horror, romance, humour, travel, peace and love from Bounds Green Book Writers by Susie Helme (Goodreads Author), Elaine Graham-Leigh (Goodreads Author), Rajes Bala 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Lost Wisdom of the Magi: the memoirs of Sophia Zealotes Susie HelmeHi Y'all,
I can't believe I'm writing a 'blog'.
One of my favourite excuses for not moving forward is that 'I'm a technophobe when it comes to online stuff'. However, there's lots of help (like Goodreads) available.
This week I have been mostly promoting the upcoming Zoom book launch of my debut novel, The Lost Wisdom of the Magi. Read more of this blog post »

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Historical thriller with fabulous characters set in Nero’s Rome Sebastos was twelve years old when he discovered his father was a traitor. The almonds were in bloom. He watched from a rock as his father the decurion led the three Hebrew women to the t ...more
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Nero’s rise, from his mother’s wedding to her murder On the emperor’s wedding day, Praetorians smash into the home of Junius Silanus Torquatus, accusing him of incest with his sister. He is Agrippina’s first persecution. She aims to wipe out the blood ...more
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The story of Nero’s origins, surviving three emperors and a horrible family Barbo (Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus) is readying his team of horses to ride for Rome. His wife (Agrippina), though pregnant with his child, finally, after nine years of marriag ...more
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This book tells the story of the legendary* ‘fall of Jericho’, closely following the Book of Joshua. Rahab the harlot plies her trade in the streets of Jericho; her heart beats. The Israelites are coming; their God ‘burned mountains, cracked seas, and ...more
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