The Arms of Quirinus
This fresh retelling of a classic story brings to life immortal Rome's pastoral beginnings as a craggy, wooded hilltop beside an ancient river crossing and spins a tale that might have been told by the very people who lived the incredible adventure that fostered the nation destined to extend its rule over the earth. This is the story of young Romulus, Rome's first king, who took the rulership and built Mars' own city, calling his people Romans after his own name and fostering the nation that wore the toga, the Roman nation, masters of the world.
Price $18.95 6x9 306 Pages Trade Paperback
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The Scent of Hyacinth
Romulus was an impetuous warrior hero who gathered rabble and outlaws together by force of his charisma and ruled by the seat of his pants until his assassination. By contrast, his successor, King Numa, was a generous, compassionate prince of peace, famed for justice and piety, who reigned more than forty years and died quietly in his sleep of old age. Good King Numa, who was born the day Rome was founded, based his government on religion and peace, and mindful of order and legality, bound the Roman people with sacred law and ceremony.
With divine advice from his mistress, this gentle lawgiver brought an end to war and instituted the priesthood, augurs and vestals for the rough-edged Romans. Tradition ran that a water-nymph named Egeria was the mistress of wise King Numa, that he consorted with her in the secrecy of a sacred grove, and that the laws which he gave the Romans were inspired by communion with her divinity. The Scent of Hyacinth spins a plausible romantic adventure around the traditional legend of Numa and Egeria.
Price $16.95 6x9 264 Pages Trade Paperback
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The Warrior's Dance
The adventure begins during the waning days of elderly King Numa, when Tullus and his restless young partisans go about decrying a Rome grown weak. In the springtime of their lives, they ridicule the piety and peace forced upon them by a doddering ruler and yearn to pursue the warrior's way. A new generation longs for action and glory, while fathers quake at the seditious talk of their sons.
The Warrior's Dance is told in the words of those who lived the adventure of King Tullus' ascent to power. Their fates perforce are caught up in their hero's triumphs and snared by his ruinous descent into superstition and brutality. When the balance tips too far, the gods will demand their due.
Price $17.95 6x9 275 Pages Trade Paperback
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