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Bruce MacBain
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in Chicago, The United States
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Charles Dickens, Robt. Louis Stevenson, Patrick O'Brien, George Macdon
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January 2010
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Roman Games: A Plinius Secundus Mystery
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2010
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The Bull Slayer (Plinius Secundus Mystery #2)
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2013
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Odin's Child (Odd Tangle-Hair Saga #1)
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2015
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Ice Queen (Odd Tangle-Hair Saga #2)
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The Varangian (Odd Tangle-Hair Saga #3)
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2016
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Prodigy And Expiation: A Study In Religion And Politics In Republican Rome
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1982
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Roman Games (2 Book Series)
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3 Great Historical Mysteries: Roman Games, One for Sorrow, Wine of Violence
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Need advice? Ask a Viking
In Odin’s Child (Chapter 13) young Odd Tangle-Hair and his friend Kalf Slender-Leg leave Iceland to go a-viking with a rag-tag crew in a stolen ship. Odd has lain hidden for many weeks in the house of Kalf’s grandfather, Hoskuld Long-Jaws. The half-blind old man is loath to let his grandson go on this mad adventure with Odd but Kalf insists: it is time for him to become a man. Finally, as he... Read more of this blog post »
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Copy received from Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours for an honest review "The Ice Queen" was a great follow-up to the first book in this series "Odin's Child." One of the many wonderful things a..." Read more of this review » |
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The Ice Queen is the second book in the Odd Tangle-Hair Saga -- and it is indeed a saga. Of course it is a Nordic tale and Odd - despite his young age - has many wild and dangerous adventures acro..." Read more of this review » |
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If you haven't read this since you were a kid, you probably haven't really read it. And Asimov's annotations are delightful in themselves.
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“scent of his perfume filled the little room. He waved the poet to a chair as slaves came in bearing wine”
― Roman Games
― Roman Games
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Hi Bruce, Thanks for the friend invite. Your novel sounds intriguing! My book is set in the present, but incorporate some ancient Roman and Greek mythology. Best of luck with it.Stacy
Stacy Juba
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, Now Available
Sink or Swim, Coming in December 2010
http://www.stacyjuba.com
Hi Bruce,Thanks for befriending this mystery author on Goodreads as well as elsewhere! I hope you'll put my books, A Real Basket Case and To Hell in a Handbasket, on your to-read list. If you'd like to enter a contest for a free copy of To Hell in a Handbasket, sign up for my email newsletter at: http://bethgroundwater.com/ .
- Beth
