Inconvenient Sacrifices is a historical novel set in Visigothic Gaul in 444 CE, centred on Signy Wealda and her husband Geseric, the newly appointed Count of Agininum, as personal, political and civic crises converge around them. While Geseric struggles to prove himself, a series of calculated acts of sabotage suggests someone is deliberately trying to undermine his authority and exploit suspicions surrounding Signy's foreign origins and hidden ownership of the town's vital mill. Against a...

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In the year 407 CE the influence of the Roman Empire on the province of Britannia is ebbing away. The imperial administrators and thelegions have left, but the people who remain must continue their everyday lives as best they can. The departing governor of Britannia Primasuddenly appoints Marcus Lucullus Silvanus, the son of a regional landowner, as his delegate while he travels to Rome. When the governordisappears without trace, Marcus, his wife, Hypatia, daughter ...

"Caesar Borgia: A Study of the Renaissance" by John Leslie Garner delves into the life and times of one of the most enigmatic figures of the Italian Renaissance. Borgia, a nobleman and military leader, is often remembered for his ruthless ambition and political machinations. Garner explores Borgia's complex character, his relationships with influential figures of the era, and his role in the power struggles of Renaissance Italy. The book provides a detailed analysis of Borgia's strategies ...

Possessing a mild climate and a fertile soil, Italy from the earliest times has attracted the invader, the adventurer. Extending out into the Mediterranean, she has been exposed to attacks on all sides, and when the Roman Empire, disintegrated by its own corruption and wickedness, had passed away, no strong central power was left to repel the marauders who swarmed into the peninsula from all sides. The rich plains of the north attracted the Teutonic tribes who established the Lombard Kingd...

Madison was a virgin. She wasn't particularly pretty though she was not un-pretty. She was not tall nor short, dark nor light, heavy nor slight, blonde nor brown. She was mired in middle-class suburban existence, and had attended neither the right nor the wrong school. She was as talented as the next girl. If average was an absolute instead of being right smack in the middle, she would be extravagantly, dizzily, exorbitantly average. Zachary was a married man. That covered it. Not happily ...

Everybody has a dream. Few people ever get to live it. Richard was one of the few. Try John Leslie Green's latest novel, 'Richard's Band,' the exploits of a bunch of folks that ask, "Who says it's too late to start a rock band?"

440 CE. The Visigoth Kingdom of Toulouse was created as a buffer state by the Roman government in the province of Aquitania in southwest Gaul. The Romans expected the Visigoths to be faithful and obedient subjects of the empire, but Chief Wallia and his successors gradually extended their lands and maintained their independence. When a shepherd and his dog are found dead in the hills above the city of Agininum, a trail of boot prints hints that a band of soldiers may have been responsible....

430 CE: In the shadow of the fading empire of Rome, Marcus Lucullus Ursinus is toiling to maintain the peace and prosperity of the former province of Britannia Prima. Raiders from over the eastern sea may be the most obvious threat he faces, but the most dangerous challenge comes from growing tensions within the province, amplified by his deadly enemies, the Astrebani. The progress Marcus has worked for, securing the frontiers, forging alliances with neighbours, providing schooling for gir...

About The BookWhat a Life! Chronicles the story of John Leslie Mowatt through his extraordinary journey from a boy charmed by the WWII dogfights over London to an accomplished pilot, flight instructor, and aviation entrepreneur. Growing up during the post-war period, under rationing, and with grounded dreams, Mowatt's fascination with aircraft never faded. With the financial limits and fear that stood in his way, he still followed his dream of pilot, later adapting...

443 CE in the Visigoth Kingdom of Toulouse. Signy Wealda, herbalist and midwife, has recently married Geseric, nephew of Duke Thormond, commander of the army and second only to Theodoric, the king, and their first child is on the way. The sudden death of Geseric's uncle, Count Sismond of Agininum, sparks a competition among the Visigoth nobles to be his successor as ruler of her home town, with Geseric's cousin Wiseric as favourite. Signy is concerned for her friends in the old count's hou...

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