THE FIRST MAN IN ROME – A Novel

While talking about all things Roman, I thought I'd share my own introduction to Rome. Before I'd gone there, before I'd read Suetonius or Plutarch or anyone else, I read this book – THE FIRST MAN IN ROME. (To be honest, I'd been forced to read...

Caesar & Brutus, Shakespeare & Shaw

Having spent the last two years researching and writing a novel set in the Roman world, I've naturally spent a great deal of time thinking about Julius Caesar. So it's no surprise that, of the many projects I've been noodling, the first one finished is a...