Gifts for Makioka
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On the eve of Saturnalia, a plot to seize control of the Julio-Claudian succession makes Tiberius Caesar the gloomiest of men.
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It's perfectly possible to be a member of both B3ta and Mumsnet. You just have to be careful which tab you're typing in...
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Belle and revenge.
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When Marcus, Cottia, and Esca come for a visit, Uncle Aquila notices something he hadn't seen between them before. Bookverse.
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With a Strange Majesty by bunn for Makioka
Sword at Sunset - Rosemary Sutcliff, Lantern Bearers - Rosemary Sutcliff
4 Aug 2012
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An account of old Aquila's last battle : the Battle of Badon Hill, which led to forty years of peace between Saxon and Briton.
Aquila is the protagonist of The Lantern Bearers, which tells how his father's Roman British farm was burned by Saxon raiders, how he was seized as a thrall, returned to Britain, escaped and became one of the High King Ambrosius's commanders against the invading Saxon threat. There he met Ambrosius's young nephew Artos - who we now know as King Arthur.
When Ambrosius died, Artos took over as the leader of the remnant of Roman Britain, and Aquila went with him to fight at the great battle of Badon Hill, as the commander of what had been the High King Ambrosius's bodyguard. Thanks to Carmarthen for last minute beta reading.
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Three months and five days into the Clinton administration a package arrives on Johnny's doorstep. It contains a mask of the most recent ex-president, George H. W. Bush.
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David stumbles on something he wasn't meant to see.
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In a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, Ralph meets an old schoolmate and has a difficult choice to make.
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Things turn out badly for Nurse Adrian and, incidentally, for Laurie too.
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After Laurie's death in an air raid, Ralph and Andrew discover that they have a great deal to discuss.
Series
- Part 1 of Incendiary