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THE USURPER KING and THE ACCURSED KING by Mercedes Rochelle

Book Title: THE USURPER KING and THE ACCURSED KING Series: The Plantagenet Legacy Author: Mercedes Rochelle Publication Date: The Usurper King: 4/5/21 The Accursed King: 4/18/22 Publisher: Sergeant Press Pages: The Usurper King : 305 pages The Accursed King: 301 pages Genre: Genre: Historical Fiction / Medieval Historical Fiction From Outlaw to Usurper, Henry Bolingbroke fought one rebellion after another. First, he led his own uprising. Then he captured a forsaken king. Henry had no intention of taking the crown for himself; it was given to him by popular acclaim. Alas, it didn't take long to realize that that having the kingship was much less rewarding than striving for it. Only three months after his coronation, Henry IV had to face a rebellion led by Richard's disgruntled favorites. Repressive measures led to more discontent. His own supporters turned against him, demanding more than he could give. The haught...

The Rune Stone by Julia Ibbotson

The Rune Stone By Julia Ibbotson Book Title: The Rune Stone Series: Dr DuLac series, book #3 Author: Julia Ibbotson Publication Date: December 8th, 2021 Publisher: Archbury Books Pages: 294 (ebook) / 376 (paperback) Genre: historical romance (timeslip mystery) A haunting time-slip mystery of runes and romance When Dr Viv DuLac, medievalist and academic, finds a mysterious runic inscription on a Rune Stone in the graveyard of her husband’s village church, she unwittingly sets off a chain of circumstances that disturb their quiet lives in ways she never expected. She, once again, feels the echoes of the past resonate through time and into the present. Can she unlock the secrets of the runes in the life of the 6th century Lady Vivianne and in Viv’s own life? Again, lives of the past and present intertwine alarmingly as Viv desperately tries to save them both, without changing the course of history. For fans of Barbara Erskine, Pamela Hartshorne, Susanna Kearsley, Christi...

Nero and Sporus by S.P. Somtow @somtow @cathiedunn #HistoricalFiction #AncientRome #LGBTQFiction #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub

Nero and Sporus By S.P. Somtow Publication Date: May 30th, 2025 Publisher: Diplodocus Press Pages: 750 Genre: Historical Autobiographical Fiction / LGBTQ+ Fiction Finally available in one volume! The decadence of Imperial Rome comes to life in S.P. Somtow's Literary Titan Award-winning novel about one of ancient history's wildest characters. The historian Suetonius tells us that the Emperor Nero emasculated and married his slave Sporus, the spitting image of murdered Empress Poppaea. But history has more tidbits about Sporus, who went from "puer delicatus" to Empress to one Emperor and concubine to another, and ended up being sentenced to play the Earth-Goddess in the arena. Excerpt I suppose we were anxious to see who the surprise competitor would be, but no one was as surprised as Himself. For the man who walked over to the center of the scenic was no less a figure than Lucius Domitius Paris himself. And Paris, too, was Niobe. Another Niobe. This Niobe was wear...

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