I've been working my way through Gillian Bradshaw's (thankfully extensive) back catalogue of historical novels. Three of hers are my favourites for this year:
- The Beacon at Alexandria - Charis of Ephesus is a girl who disguises herself as a eunuch, to run away from an arranged marriage and study medicine in Alexandria. It's just as good as everyone who recommended it said it was.
- The Sand-Reckoner - A young Archimedes, passionate about pure mathematics, turns his mind to engineering siege defences, when his home city of Syracuse is threatened with war.
- Cleopatra's Heir - What if the last Ptolemy wasn't killed by the Romans, but had to take on a new identity to survive and learn to live among the common people?
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- The Beacon at Alexandria - Charis of Ephesus is a girl who disguises herself as a eunuch, to run away from an arranged marriage and study medicine in Alexandria. It's just as good as everyone who recommended it said it was.
- The Sand-Reckoner - A young Archimedes, passionate about pure mathematics, turns his mind to engineering siege defences, when his home city of Syracuse is threatened with war.
- Cleopatra's Heir - What if the last Ptolemy wasn't killed by the Romans, but had to take on a new identity to survive and learn to live among the common people?