BOEKWEê RELD raven. This title features well-known Bibliography Doherty,Paul. The slayers of Seth.- British figures of ancient history such as Good fiction guide.- Oxford U.P., 2001. Headline, 2001. Boadicea. This famous Iceni queen who Lukas,Georg. The historical novel.- Falconer,Colin. When we were gods.- Three Rivers P., 2002. lead her people againstthe mightof Rome Humanities P.,1978. alsofeaturesinthe fairlyrecent Manda Scott Mcleish,Kenneth. Bloomsbury good Gedge,Pauline. Child of the morning.-Dial Press,1977. trilogy. reading guide.- Bloomsbury,2001. Gedge,Pauline. Lords of the two lands.- An extremely gripping historical adven- Martin,Rhona. Writing historical fiction.- Black,1988. Coronet, 2001. ture setduring the same periodis David George,Margaret. The memoirs of Wishart'sThe horse coin. Jules Watsonin Cleopatra.- Macmillan,1997. his half-historical/part-fantasy titleThe Jacq,Christian. Nefer the silent.- Simon, white mare,firstoftheDalraida trilogy, 2000. features Roman expansionism during 79 Jacq,Christian. Paneb the ardent.- Simon, ADin the northern Britain/Scotland areas 2001. where an Irish prince tries to unite the local Jacq,Christian. The battle of Kadesh.- tribes in a unified defense. Simon,1998. One ofthe well-regarded authors Selected booklist Jacq,Christian. The black pharaoh.- Simon, aroundisAllanMassie,whoinhisThe 1999. Matter of Eternal Rome series covers the Roman Empire duringits declining years. ERICH BUCHHAUS Written for the more sophisticated mid- Book Selector dlebrow readerit provesinformative, entertaining, and well realised. Michael Biblical Curtis Ford covers more or less the same Card,Orson Scott. Rebekah.- Forge, 2002. topic in a much readable package in his Diamant, Anita. The red tent.- Macmillan, Gods & legions about a young scholarin 2001. Athens being promoted to Caesar ofthe Douglas,Lloyd Cassel. The big fisherman.- Western Empire only to prove himself a P. Davis, 19 6 0. militarygenius. Something muchinthe Gold, Alan. Jezebel.- HarperCollins, 2001. same manner isThe last legionwritten by Halter,Marek. Sarah.- Bantam, 2004. Valerio Massimo Manfredi covering the Maine,David. The flood.- Canongate, exploits of a handful of ex-Roman legion- 2004. aries on a mission to rescue the thirteen- Silverberg,Robert. Gilgamesh the king.- year-old emperor,Romulus. It is brilliantly Pan,1986. told and extremely entertaining. Slaughter, Frank Gill. David: warrior and Wallace Breem's re-issued novel Eagle in king.- Hutchinson,1963. the snow provides a magnificent panorama Slaughter, Frank Gill. The crown and the cross.- Jarrolds,1959. of a splintering Roman empire set on the Rhine frontier during the year 406, where Slaughter, Frank Gill. The song of Ruth.- Hutchinson,1972. a single Romanlegionhas to defend Rome's Te n n e y, To mmy. Hadassah: one night with frontiers against barbarian invasion. the king.- Bethany House, 2004. Another Wallace Breem title recently Traylor,Ellen Gunderson. Esther: the boughtisThe legate's daughterrevolving story of a woman who saved a nation.- around the rescue ofthe kidnapped niece Harvest House,1994. of a Roman senator, butfilled with political Traylor,Ellen Gunderson. Joseph: dreamer intrigue in 24 BC Rome. of dreams.- Harvest House, c1989. One must not forget old titles such as Traylor,Ellen Gunderson. Joshua: God's Mika Waltari's The Estruscanand The warrior.- Christian Art,2000. Romanthat were popular in their day. Also Traylor,Ellen Gunderson. Samson.- author Frank Slaughter who wrote a very Harvest House,1993. readable fictional biography on Constantine. Ancient Egypt The above-mentioned novels only skim Doherty,Paul. The Anubis slayings.- the surface of the genre and further titles Headline, 2000. may be foundinthe accompanying booklist Doherty,Paul. The mask of Ra.- Headline, selection. 1998. Kaapse Bibl., Mar/Apr 2005 25 BOOKWORLD Jacq,Christian. The empire of darkness.- Renault,Mary. The bull from the sea.- Scott,Manda. Boudica: dreaming the Simon, 2002. Longmans Green,1962. eagle.- Bantam, 2003. Jacq,Christian. The flaming sword.- Simon, Renault,Mary. The king must die.- Slaughter, Frank Gill. Constantine: the 2003. Longmans Green,1966. miracle of the flaming cross.- Hutchinson, Jacq,Christian. The lady of Abu Simbel.- Renault,Mary. The last of the wine.- 1966. Simon,1998. Longmans Green,1964. Spinrad,Norman. The druid king.- Little, Jacq,Christian. The place of truth.- Simon, Renault,Mary. The lion in the gateway.- 2003. 2001. Longmans Green,1964. Waltari, Mika . Etruscan.- Putnam,1957. Jacq,Christian. The son of the light.- Renault,Mary. The mask of Apollo.- Waltari, Mika . The Roman.- Hodder,1966. Simon,1997. Longmans Green,1966. Watson,Jules. The white mare.- Orion, Jacq,Christian. Thetempleofamillion Renault,Mary. The Persian boy.- Penguin, 2004. years.- Simon,1998. 1974. Wishart,David. The horse coin.- Hodder, Jacq,Christian. The war of the crowns.- Somoza,Jose Carlos. The Athenian mur- 2000. Simon, 2003. ders.- Abacus, 2003. Jacq,Christian. The wise woman.- Simon, Ye r b y, F r a n k . Goat song.- Heinemann, Note: *Titles not in Provincial Library Service 2000. 1979. stock. Jacq,Christian. Under the western acacia.- Simon,1998. Smith,Wilbur. River god.- Macmillan,1993. Ancient Rome Sprott,Duncan. The house of the eagle.- Breem,Wallace. Eagle in the snow.- Faber,2004. Weidenfeld, 2 0 03. *Waltari,Mika. The Egyptian. Breem,Wallace. The legate's daughter.- Weidenfeld, 2004. Doherty,Paul. Murder imperial.- Headline, Ancient Greece 2003. Bradley,Marion Zimmer. The firebrand.- Falconer,Colin. When we were gods.- Joseph,1988. Three Rivers P., 2002. Clarke,Lindsay. The war at Troy.- Harper- Ford, Michael Curtis. Gods & legions.- Collins, 2004. Orion, 2003. Cooke, Elizabeth. Achilles.- Methuen, Gedge,Pauline. The eagle and the raven.- 2002. Allen Lane,1979. Doody,Margaret. Aristotle and poetic Graves,Robert. I, Claudius.- Metheun, justice.- Arrow, 2003. 1956. Douglass,Sara. Hades' daughter.-Tor, Harris,Robert. Pompeii.- Hutchinson, 2003. 2003. Ford, Michael Curtis. The ten thousand.- Holt,Tom. AsongforNero.- Abacus, Orion, 2001. 2004. Manfredi,Valerio Massimo. Alexander - Iggulden,Conn. Emperor: the death of child of a dream.- Macmillan, 2001. kings.- HarperCollins, 2004. Manfredi,Valerio Massimo. Alexander - Iggulden,Conn. Emperor: the gates of the sands of Ammon.- Macmillan, 2001. Rome.- HarperCollins, 2003. Manfredi,Valerio Massimo. Alexander: the Manfredi,Valerio Massimo. The last ends of the earth.- Macmillan, 2001. legion.- Macmillan, 2003. Manfredi,Valerio Massimo. Spartan.- Massie,Allan. Augustus - a novel.-Sceptre, Macmillan, 2002. 1987. Manfredi,Valerio Massimo. The talisman of Massie, Allan. Nero's heirs.- Sceptre,1999. Tr o y.- Macmillan, 2004. Massie, Allan. The evening of the world.- McCullough,Colleen. The song of Troy.- Phoenix, 2002. Orion,1998. McCullough,Colleen. Caesar's women.- Pressfield, Steven. Last of the Amazons.- Century,1996. Doubleday,2002. McCullough,Colleen. Fortune's favour- Pressfield, Steven. Tides of war.- ites.- Century,1993. Doubleday,2000. McCullough,Colleen. The October Renault,Mary. Fire from heaven.- horse.- Century, 2002. Longmans Green,1970. Saylor,Steven. TheVenus throw.- Renault,Mary. Funeral games.- J.Murray, Robinson,1999. 1981. Scott,Manda. Boudica: dreaming the bull.- Bantam, 2004. Cape Libr.,Mar/Apr 2005 26.