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	Rome's End (Lucius Sestius Mysteries #1) 4.18 avg rating — 165 ratings — 4 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
	The Emperor's Servant (Lucius Sestius Mysteries #2) 4.51 avg rating — 108 ratings — 4 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
	Poetic Justice (Publius Ovidius Mysteries #1) 4.40 avg rating — 107 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
	Blood and Shadows (Lucius Sestius Mysteries #3) 4.53 avg rating — 81 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
	The Third Daughter 4.48 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Death and the Poet (The Publius Ovidius Mysteries Book 2) 4.56 avg rating — 41 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
	Written in Blood (The Publius Ovidius Mysteries Book 3) 4.48 avg rating — 33 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
	The Ring: An anthology of historical short stories by Fiona Forsyth (Goodreads Author), Alistair Forrest (Goodreads Author), Jacquie Rogers (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	The Last Republican: A Lucius Sestius Omnibus 1-3 4.60 avg rating — 5 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
	Cicero: Defender of the Republic 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003 — 4 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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There Are Rivers in the Sky

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The Apocryphal Gospels: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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Fiona Forsyth rated a book it was amazing The Governor's Man: A thrilling investigation in Ancient Rome... (Quintus Valerius Roman Mysteries Book 1) by Jacquie Rogers (Goodreads Author)	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
a new hero arrives in Britannia Do you remember reading "Eagle of the Ninth"? I think this novel also evokes that feeling of being truly in another age. Yes, there is a sympathetic hero, good plot and a range of likable (or not!) characters. But I fel ...more
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Fiona Forsyth rated a book it was amazing Seething Lane: The Samuel Pepys Mysteries by Jack Jewers	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
a wonderful historical drama Jewers combines historical depth with dazzling story-telling and introduces the reader to a rich tapestry of actors, beggars, nobility - and Mr Samuel Pepys. Set in a London struggling to recover from plague and fire, the ...more
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I thoroughly enjoyed this sequel to “Roma,Amor”. Marcus, like Odysseus, is on a journey to find love and home - but his beloved is Aurima, a high-class girl from a Germanic tribe and Marcus himself is cast out of Rome, despite his noble Roman family. ...more
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