Enjoy historical fiction? Like short stories?

Then dive into this collection of historical shorts by an award-winning author. You'll find stories of heroism, love, and adventure such as a panicked bachelor faced with an arranged marriage, a young boy torn between love for his ailing grandmother and duty to an Empress, and a runaway Roman Senator's daughter seeking a new life as a gladiatrix. Whether set in imperial Rome, colonial America, or a Viking raid, these stories bring to life men and women struggling to survive and thrive—the eternal human condition.

"The periods are terribly alive, the storytelling wonderful..."–Stephanie Cowell, author of Claude and Camille: A Novel of Monet