The sand-reckoner
The present novel is intended to be a biography of the great geometrician and exceptional inventor Archimedes. The novel begins with the return to Syracuse (his birthplace), from Alexandria, at the request...
BRADSHAW, Gillian
Cleopatra's Heir
Most historians believe that a son was born of the love affair between Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. This son, Caesarion, was believed to have been executed by Octavius, Caesar’s adopted son. Octavius would...
The Bearkeeper's Daugther
This novel is the story of Emperor Justinian's wife. The main character is a fictional illegitimate son of the Empress, who was born before her marriage, and who, according to some authors, died. The story...
El faro de Alejandría // Le phare d'Alexandrie // Der Leuchtturm von Alexandria
The novel is set at the end of the 4th century, during the reign of the emperor Valens, at a time when the Byzantine empire is embroiled in religious wars between the Arians and the “Nicenes” (supporters of...