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Beyond the Desert Gate
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Description from Bethlehem Books: "Palestine in the first century A.D. is as disturbed and divided as it is today. The Jews have revolted against Roman occupation and as they grow more restive, Rome clamps down harder. The ten Greek cities of Palestine-the Decapolis-want only to continue their peaceful trading existence, but they find themselves ... »
The Lantern Bearers
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Another of Rosemary Sutcliff's Roman series is book, this again steps further forward in time, to after the Roman withdrawl of Britain. One particular Roman decides to stay behind, and it costs him dearly. Attacked, his family are killed or taken as slaves. This leaves him bitter and angry, especially as his sister... »
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As part of our homeschool curriculum to supplement the book of Exodus, my children listened spellbound to this tale. It was excellent historical fiction for youth. The purpose of historical fiction is to bring the reader into the past, to let them feel that they lived it. This author did this very well. We walked in the heat and the sand, we thirs... »
The Sirens of Surrentum (The Roman Mysteries)
The Sirens of Surrentum is another excellent book in the Roman Mysteries series. I read this and all the previous books in this series to my 7 year old d... »
Lady Of Palenque : Flower of Bacal, Mesoamerica
The Royal Diaries have always been wonderful books and I have not come across a book that I didn't like, but this book is leaning that way. Most of the ... »
The Assassins of Rome (The Roman Mysteries IV)
The events in The Assassins of Rome follow about a month after the events in The Pirates of Pompeii, and is the fourth in Lawrence's Roman Mysteries Serie... »
Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490 (The Royal
The royal diary of Anacaona is excellent, staring with Anacaona's marriage to Chief Caonabo, which made her ruler with Caonabo of Maguana. Next, the coupl... »
Shadow Hawk (Living History Library)
This book was about a solder called Rahotep. He was an Egyptian officer that fought against the Hyskos. The Hyksos were a strong people who tried to con... »
The Ides of April (Ray, Mary, Roman Empire Sequ
The Ides of April is written by Mary Ray and it's 165 pages long and set in Rome A.D. 62. It's a run-of-the-mill book about a boy names Hylas Who escapes ... »
Jason and the Gorgon's Blood (Young Heroes)
This is my fourth read in the Young Heroes series by Yolen & Harris and while Odysseus and the Serpent Maze is still my favorite, Jason and the Gorgon's B... »
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