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Blundell’s Classics Department Recommended ‘Classically Themed’ Reading for year 10 and 11 Description: Historical Fiction Author Title Margaret Atwood The Penelopiad A literary novel about the experiences of Odysseus' wife, Penelope, while he was away fighting the Trojan War and voyaging home. Elizabeth Cook Achilles A literary novel about Achilles, the heroic Greek warrior who fought in the Trojan War Margaret George Helen of Troy Historical Fiction about the woman at the centre of the Trojan War. Colleen McCullough The Song of Troy Historical fiction Valerio Massimo Manfredi The Talisman of Troy About a survivor of the Trojan War who journeys to Italy with a mother-goddess figure; based on legends about the Trojan War.Car Caroline Lawrence The Night Raid A novella based on Virgil Aeneid IX – Nisus and Euryalus story Author Title William Golding The Double Tongue (2005) Valerio Massimo Manfredi Greek Epic/Trojan War Description: Ancient Greek History About a woman who becomes a Delphic oracle The Spartan About two brothers, one raised in the Spartan warrior tradition, the other in a family of Helot slaves. Child of a Dream About Alexander the Great Sands of Ammon Ends of the Earth The Lost Army Tides of War Steven Pressfield Gates of Fire The Virtues of War The Afghan Campaign About Xenophon's mistress, who accompanied his army of ten thousand Greek mercenaries in 410 B.C. in their effort to take the throne of Persia for Cyrus the Younger. A novel of warfare about the Athenian general Alcibiades. A novel of warfare about the Spartan defence at Thermopylae. Novels of warfare about Alexander the Great Description: Author Title C.S. Lewis Till We Have Faces A literary retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth, set in a fictional kingdom. Steven Pressfield Last of the Amazons A novel of warfare based on the legend of Theseus and the Amazons from Greek mythology. Greek Mythology Novels Description: Author Title Jesse Browner The Uncertain Hour about the last banquet of a Roman aristocrat who, having offended Emperor Nero, is planning his suicide and takes the opportunity to enjoy his friends and reflect on his career Paul Doherty Domina A sympathetic novel about Agrippina the Younger, the wife of Emperor Claudius and mother Roman Political/Historical Novels of Nero. Robert Graves I Claudius A novel of ancient Rome about Emperor Claudius; the television mini-series of the same name was based on this novel. Claudius the God the sequel to I, Claudius Robert Harris Imperium about Cicero's rise to political power in ancient Rome Robert Harris Lustrum about Cicero's year as consul in 63 B.C., as Julius Caesar plots to gain power and Cicero wonders whether he can justify using illegal methods in order to save the Roman Republic Tom Holt A Song for Nero a thriller exploring the possibility that Nero survived beyond the date he was believed to have died Conn Iggulden The Gates of Rome about Julius Caesar as a youth, when he chooses the losing side in the struggle between Marius and Sulla to control Rome The Death of Kings about the dangers Caesar faced during his rise to power, including capture by Mediterranean pirates and the slave rebellion of Spartacus The Field of Swords about the friendship and rivalry between Caesar and Brutus as Caesar moves toward the fateful decision to cross the Rubicon and make war in Rome The Gods of War about Caesar and the civil war he pursued in order to unseat Pompey as dictator of Rome Augustus about the first emperor of Rome Tiberius about Augustus' successor as emperor of Rome Caesar about the rise of Julius Caesar; #3 in the author's Imperial series Antony about Mark Antony, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar, and his struggle with Octavian for leadership in Rome after Caesar's death Caligula A sympathetic portrayal of one of the most emotionally disturbed Roman emperors. Nero’s Heirs about the "year of the three emperors" after the death of Nero Allan Massie. Colleen McCullough, Steven Saylor First Man in Rome , a novel of ancient history, about the Roman consul Gaius Marius The Grass Crown a novel of ancient history, about the Roman dictator Sulla Fortune’s Favourites a novel of ancient history, about the later years of Sulla Caesar’s Women novel of ancient history, about the rise of Julius Caesar Caesar a novel of ancient history, about the mature Julius Caesar The October Horse a novel of ancient history, about Caesar and Cleopatra Antony and Cleopatra a novel of ancient history, about Antony and Cleopatra Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome a sweep-of-history novel about ancient Rome from its earliest founding as a settlement on the banks of the Tiber into the time of Caesar Augustus Empire: The Novel of Imperial Rome a sweep-of-history novel about ancient Rome from 14 A.D., the end of Caesar Augustus's reign to the death of Hadrian in 141 A.D. Description: Author Title Arthur Koestler The Gladiators Author Title Ross Leckie Hannibal About Hannibal, the Carthaginian general who invaded Rome Scipio A novel of ancient history, about the life of the Roman general who defeated Hannibal Carthage About the destruction of Carthage in the Third Punic War Roman Cultural/Historical Novels About the slave revolt led by Spartacus Description: Carthaginian Historical novels
