Reddit mentions: The best ancient history fiction books
We found 19 Reddit comments discussing the best ancient history fiction books. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 11 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the top 20.
1. Eagle in the Snow: The Classic Bestseller
- Chronicle Books CA
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Release date | November 2012 |
2. Gladiatrix
- Package Contents - Deskjet F4480 printer, HP 60 black and HP 60 color ink cartridge, power supply
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- 80 sheet feed tray; duty cycle: 3000 pages per month
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Height | 8.5 Inches |
Length | 5.5 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | April 2009 |
Weight | 1.15 pounds |
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3. River God: A Novel of Ancient Egypt (Novels of Ancient Egypt)
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Height | 7.55 Inches |
Length | 4.19 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | February 2008 |
Weight | 0.91 Pounds |
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4. Roman Blood (Novels of Ancient Rome)
- Factory sealed DVD
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Height | 8.5 Inches |
Length | 5.5 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | April 2008 |
Weight | 1.05 Pounds |
Width | 0.89 Inches |
5. Raiders of the Nile: A Novel of the Ancient World (Novels of Ancient Rome)
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Number of items | 1 |
Release date | February 2014 |
Weight | 1.15 Pounds |
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6. The Sword of Attila: A Total War Novel (Total War Rome)
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Number of items | 1 |
Release date | February 2015 |
Weight | 0.95 Pounds |
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7. A Gladiator Dies Only Once: The Further Investigations of Gordianus the Finder (The Roma Sub Rosa series Book 11)
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Release date | April 2010 |
8. Roman Blood: A Novel of Ancient Rome (The Roma Sub Rosa series Book 1)
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Release date | April 2007 |
9. Mythology
Publisher: Back Bay Books; Reissue edition (April 30, 2013)
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Height | 8.25 Inches |
Length | 5.5 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | April 2013 |
Weight | 1.11553904572 Pounds |
Width | 1.4 Inches |
10. The Quest: A Novel of Ancient Egypt (Novels of Ancient Egypt)
- St Martin s Paperbacks
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Height | 7.5 Inches |
Length | 4.18 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | February 2008 |
Weight | 1.01 Pounds |
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11. The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries) (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries (1))
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Length | 5.5 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | September 2011 |
Weight | 0.7 Pounds |
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If you would be OK with a book that can be treated as a stand alone but has a really good sequel, you should definitely look into The Assyrian and The Blood Star.
If the Siege of Malta in 1565 would interest you, Angels in Iron was a pretty decent book.
I know you said you have Roman/Greek empire fiction covered - have you read Imperial Governor by Shipway? He wrote some really good historical fiction, mostly 1 or 2 book series.
I also assume you have read Eagle in the Snow by Breem?
I am in basically the same situation as you, though I will read series or stand-alones - I feel like I have run out of this type of historical fiction. What recommendations can you give me in return?
Also, out of curiosity, why the dislike for book series?
Russell Whitfield wrote Gladiatrix, about a female gladiator... but I'm not certain it would be considered good :) It was a decent read, and I enjoyed it. There's a sequel, Roma Victrix, but I haven't read it.
http://www.amazon.com/Gladiatrix-Russell-Whitfield/dp/0312534884/ref=tmm_pap_title_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311081713&sr=8-1
There is a wonderful series of historical novels set in Ancient Rome, written by Steven Saylor. (The "Roma Sub Rosa" series; I've read every one of them and loved them all).
Here's a link to the first book in the series, Roman Blood.
https://smile.amazon.com/Roman-Blood-Novel-Ancient-Rome-ebook/dp/B003J5652U/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=steven+saylor+roma+sub+rosa&qid=1563146594&s=gateway&sr=8-4
It was from this book, an old Egyptian recipe, dates mashed in goat's milk with wheat porridge. And the dates blended with milk was actually pretty good. The hot porridge just kind of washed out that flavor. I have some left I'll try later and see if it's better cold.
Box squats went kind of...okay. Weird popping in my hip at times.
All you need is Love!
So that phrase was so close to this that my brain started singing immediately.
Link to a book.
I thought those were okay, but really liked Saylor's late-Republic mystery novels (starting with "Roman Blood").
It's a toss-up between this an Attila FOTS type expansion: http://www.amazon.com/Sword-Attila-Total-War-Rome/dp/1250038952/ref=pd_ybh_2 (the release date was January for awhile)
and this: http://imgur.com/A4C6ImX
The acquired the rights at least in late 2012, if not earlier. It could just bo the Attila expansion for now with the Warhammer game coming later, maybe not branded as TW just based on it.
Also, the Warhammer game wouldn't use the 40k version it is based on the fantasy one, so battles might look more like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69D6npM4Ro
All we got is this book on amazon. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1250038952/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?keywords=Sword%20of%20Attila%20(Total%20War%20Rome)&qid=1402643180&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
And there was an interview (in Greek) with a voice actor saying how he worked on a game called Sword of Atilla. I can't find it though right now. I'm on mobile
I enjoyed the Roma Sub Rosa series by Steven Saylor. They are about a detective in the late Roman Republic. He also wrote a few stand alone novels set in Rome, but I haven't read them yet.
Edith Hamilton
The Quest?
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quest-Novels-Ancient-Egypt/dp/0312947496
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis. A hard-boiled detective story with dames, intrigue, high treason, and an apartment above a laundromat, starring a private investigator and war veteran named Marcus Didius Falco.