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Imperial purple
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Gillian Bradshaw |
Demetrias of Tyre, born into slavery, but a premier silk weaver discovers a plot to dispose of Theodosius II and remove his formidable sister, Pulcheria from power. Being a slave does not leave her w… |
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The sand-reckoner
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Gillian Bradshaw |
Young Archimedes is recalled home from his studies to Syracuse, where his father lies ill and the city is at war with the Romans, in a fictional portrait of the Greek mathematician and one of the wor… |
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The dragon and the thief
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Gillian Bradshaw |
In ancient Egypt an unlucky young man meets a wealthy dragon and together they find dangerous but exciting adventure. |
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Beyond the north wind
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Gillian Bradshaw |
The Greek god Apollo sends a talented young magician on a quest to stop an evil queen from exterminating a small tribe of griffins. |
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The land of gold
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Gillian Bradshaw |
After the murder of her parents, a Nubian princess is helped to her rightful place on the throne by two friendly Egyptians and the dragon Hathor. |
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A corruptible crown
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Gillian Bradshaw |
It is 1648, and the Civil War has been resurrected by a king still determined to be an absolute ruler and a parliament unable to agree how to govern without him. Blacksmith Jamie Hudson, weary and di… |
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Dark north
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Gillian Bradshaw |
Roman Britain, 208 AD - Emperor Septimius Severus has arrived in Britain to conquer the barbarians in the north of the island. Memnon, an African scout, comes to Britain with his cavalry unit. When h… |
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Bloodwood
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Gillian Bradshaw |
Discovering that she has only six months to live, Antonia Lanchester decides to turn whistle-blower on her company, Masterpiece Home Design, which uses illegally obtained timber from rain forests, an… |
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The wolf hunt
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Gillian Bradshaw |
When Marie Penthièvre of Chalandrey is abducted from her Norman priory and taken to the court of Brittany, she vows never to dishonor her family by marrying a Breton brute. There is only one man who … |
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The beacon at Alexandria
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Gillian Bradshaw |
A fictional story set in late antiquity in the Mediterranean, mainly in the cities of Ephesus (western Turkey) and Alexandria (Egypt), about a young aristocratic girl with a gift for medicine and sci… |
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