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King, Crystal

Summary: "Set amongst the scandal, wealth, and upstairs-downstairs politics of a Roman family, Crystal King's seminal debut features the man who inspired the world's oldest cookbook and the ambition that led to his destruction. On a blistering day in the twenty-sixth year of Augustus Caesar's reign, a young chef, Thrasius, is acquired for the exorbitant price of twenty thousand denarii. His purchaser is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2017

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIN

Rice, Anne

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Zeta Bolsillo 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.3 FICTION RIC

Dray, Stephanie.

Summary: Pledging allegiance to Emperor Augustus, Selene faces uncertainty among the imperial politics and religious persecution of Rome and must decide between her loyalty to the emperor or to Egypt and her birthright.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2011

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DRA

Bradshaw, Gillian

Summary: Heir to a noble Greek society, Hermogenes finds himself having to reclaim debts owed to his family after his father's death at sea, which places him in a difficult position with a prejudiced Roman consul and a beautiful woman gladiator.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2003

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRA

Dray, Stephanie.

Summary: The daughter of Cleopatra, Princess Selene, struggles to survive amidst political and romantic intrigue after her parents are vanquished by Rome and she becomes the object of desire and obsession for the new and ruthless Caesar.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2011

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DRA

Summary: In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2007

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROM

Livingston, Michael

Summary: "Julius Caesar is dead, assassinated on the senate floor, and the glory that is Rome has been torn in two. Octavian, Caesar's ambitious great-nephew and adopted son, vies with Marc Antony and Cleopatra for control of Caesar's legacy. As civil war rages from Rome to Alexandria, and vast armies and navies battle for supremacy, a secret conflict may shape the course of history. Juba, Numidian...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Books 2015

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIV

Draycott, Jane (Jane Louise)

Summary: "The first biography of one of the most fascinating yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient world: Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. Years ago, archaeologists excavating near Pompeii unearthed a hoard of Roman treasures, among them a bowl depicting a woman with thick, curly hair and sporting an elephant-scalp headdress. For decades, theories circulated about her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2023

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Graham, Jo

Summary: Set in Ancient Egypt, "Hand of Isis" is the story of Charmian, a handmaiden to Cleopatra and devotee of Isis, and her two sisters. It is a novel of lovers who transcend death, of gods who meddle in mortal affairs, and of women who guide empires.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2009

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRA

Baker, G. P. (George Philip)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Cooper Square Press 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAE

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