Category Archives: historical fiction

Hitler’s War

Posted on March 5, 2010 by smellincoffee

Hitler’s War© 2009 Harry Turtledove496 pages The year is 1938, and war wages in Spain between the Popular Front — a collection of democrats, liberals, socialists, communists, and anarchists —  and the Nationalists, those supporting the attempted military takeover of … Continue reading →

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The Triumph of Caesar

Posted on December 21, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Triumph of Caesar© 2008 Steven Saylor308 pages The Triumph of Caesar is currently the last (Saylor may yet add to it, but I can’t confirm this from his website) book in the Roma sub Rosa series. I would not … Continue reading →

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No Less than Victory

Posted on December 7, 2009 by smellincoffee

No Less than Victory© 2009 Jeff Shaara449 pages This was released only a month ago, and completes Shaara’s WW2-Europe trilogy, the previous titles being The Rising Tide and The Steel Wave. The books are historical fiction, although most characters — perhaps … Continue reading →

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An Honorable German

Posted on November 11, 2009 by smellincoffee

An Honorable German384 pages© 2009 Charles McCain I saw this book on special display at my university, and decided to read it given my interests in Germany and naval stories. (The latter is not an interest that has surfaced here, … Continue reading →

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Caesar’s Judgement

Posted on November 9, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Judgment of Caesar© 2005 Steven Saylor352 pages When we last left Rome under the rose,  the civil war between Caesar and Pompey began to slowly conclude as Pompey’s ranks dwindled and his history of victories was rendered meaningless by … Continue reading →

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A Gladiator Dies Only Once

Posted on October 31, 2009 by smellincoffee

A Gladiator Dies Only Once: The Further Investigations of Gordianus the Finder © 2005 Steven Saylor 269 pages Although the meat of the Roma sub Rosa series is its novels, Steven Saylor also enjoys writing short stories set within it, … Continue reading →

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A Mist of Prophecies

Posted on October 19, 2009 by smellincoffee

A Mist of Prophecies © 2003 Steven Saylor 304 pages Gordianus the Finder and Rome have been through much turmoil in the past two preceding books, Rome having been plunged into civil war by the ambitions of those two men … Continue reading →

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Last Seen in Massilia

Posted on October 10, 2009 by smellincoffee

Last Seen in Massilia © 2000 Steven Saylor 277 pages When I last visited Rome under the rose, I followed Gordianus as he experienced Rome at war. Pompey the Great fled Rome and then Italy when Julius Caesar crossed the … Continue reading →

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Kokoro

Posted on October 7, 2009 by smellincoffee

Kokoro© 1957 Natsume Soseki248 pages A favorite history professor of mine typically assigns novels as part of his required reading, and for his Modern Japanese History course, I read a novel set in the last years of the Meiji period. … Continue reading →

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A Murder on the Appian Way

Posted on September 12, 2009 by smellincoffee

A Murder on the Appian Way © 1997 Steven Saylor 413 pages “Oh, the times! Oh, the morals!” – Cicero “Ah, judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts and men have lost their reason!” – Mark Antony, Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. … Continue reading →

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