Tag: Battle of Thapsus

Cleopatra, that living matryoshka doll

I was looking up a recipe for roast chicken with garlic and honey when an Internet rabbit hole opened up in front of me and down I fell, resurfacing many clicks later on a BBC story about silphium. Silphium is or was an herb, an aromatic like garlic, that back in the day grew in…

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Rome and water

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Firesteels and other joys of writing history mysteries

Greg, my editor asked Would you be up for writing a short piece – say 500-ish words – on your research for the Eye of Isis books and ABDUCTION OF A SLAVE in particular? Would be great for the Sales teams and we could also use it in our newsletter closer to publication. (Please note,…

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Caesar was always anxious to grab as much loot and land as he could because he was constantly in arrears with his own troops.

Abduction of a Slave, the fourth Eye of Isis novel (see below for the first three plus buy links, natch) launches on the previous Saturday, January 25, at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore. If you can’t attend in person you can watch on Facebook Live and YouTube, and you can preorder your signed first edition right…

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An interactive map of the Roman World

Abduction of a Slave, the fourth Eye of Isis novel (see below for the first three plus buy links, natch) launches on the previous Saturday, January 25, at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore. If you can’t attend in person you can watch on Facebook Live and YouTube, and you can preorder your signed hardcover first edition…

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Chumming the waters for Isis4

Abduction of a Slave, the fourth Eye of Isis novel (see below for the first three plus buy links, natch) publishes three weeks from today, and launches on the previous Saturday, January 25, at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore. If you can’t attend in person you can watch on Facebook Live and YouTube, and you can…

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