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ELISABETH STORRS Call to Juno: Tales of Ancient Rome Book 3. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson

ELISABETH STORRS Call to Juno: Tales of Ancient Rome Book 3. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson

by NRB | 21 Apr 2016 | Fiction | 0 comments

This is historical fiction at its best in the final volume of the Tales of Ancient Rome trilogy. Call to Juno is the final volume of the story of Aemilia Caeciliana, a Roman who was married as a teenager to Vel Mastarna, a powerful Etruscan warrior, in 406 BC. This...

ELISABETH STORRS The Golden Dice: Tales of Ancient Rome Book 2. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson

by NRB | 15 Aug 2013 | Fiction | 0 comments

The second book of Tales of Ancient Rome intertwines the stories of three women to again create a fascinating novel of love and war, richly steeped in history. There is an intriguing hiatus between the previous novel in this series, The Wedding Shroud, and The Golden...
             

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