Time Travel discussion

There was a request posted in another group dedicated to finding names of books for people. I am going to duplicate the post here as this particular one involves time travel. If the description is familiar please post what you think it is and I will relay it. If the other group finds the answer first, I will post the answer here as it sounds like a book we time travellers should be aware of ;)

Post by Ann aka Iftcan:

I remember a great deal about this book. There are a number of people who are able to move through time physically. They are born at different times and kind of wander around at will. They also don't seem to age.

The main character is male, and he meets another man who is like him. This man was born before the Civil War in the South, and has that mentality. This second man has set up a group of others who all have their abilities. The headquarters are set far in the past.

The main character joins the group for a while, but isn't able to take the leader's prejudice and dismissal of everyone who isn't a white, male.

The main character goes back to the past after splitting with the group and falls in love with a Levantine girl, whom he marries and lives with. The second man finds him and arranges for her murder during one of the barbarian invasions of the city he's living in (which is one of the "biggies" from history. The only two I'm sure its NOT is Rome and Athens. I think its probably Constantinople.)


Oh, and the people (mostly male, I think) who are able to travel through time are also sterile.

(view spoiler)[ There is suddenly a rebellion against the Southern leader guy, with him and many of his followers finally being rounded up and either imprisioned or killed. The leader of this group turns out to be our hero. He started the group before he was first found by the Southerner, because he goes back in time and leaves himself a message about the guy or something like that. I THINK he starts it first, at any rate, it turns out the main character is the leader of this rebellion group.) (hide spoiler)]

The Constantinople reference makes me think it might be Up the Line by Robert Silverberg.

Thanks Louie, it sounded like a good guess and it also crossed my mind but Ann has just replied:

Tej--I went over and looked at the link. Someone there suggested Up the Line by Robert Silverberg. I checked it out and that is definately NOT the book I'm looking for.

In my book the only "rules" are the ones that the people set for themselves, and there the people were unable to take anyone else (except possibly a small child) with them, as they were restricted to what they could carry. Which

(view spoiler)[ [was one of the ways that the rebels were able to hide themselves out. They used SCUBA gear to provide themselves with air so that they could get through the vast amount of time that an an ice age gave them. They had been previously limited to traveling the amount of time that they could hold their breaths, I think. At any rate, the SCUBA tanks gave them a much wider field of travel than the other guys had. (hide spoiler)]

Time Patrol by Poul Andersen maybe?
I remember Constantinople in it, rebels fighting the Time Patrol heros, and a training center in the distant past.

I should have posted the original link of the request, I cant find the damn thread now! It might have been solved and moved, I'll try find it. Thanks for your guess K55f

Edit: found it. Hasnt been solved so I posted your suggestion and this time here is the link:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...

Hi, this has been solved (twice!)

_There Will Be Time_

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Justanotherbiblophile wrote: "Hi, this has been solved (twice!)

_There Will Be Time_

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"

One of my favorites. No wonder people want to remember it. :-)