For my readers and followers, this is a bit different posting for my Fran's Notebook page but I wanted to share and celebrate with you the successful publication of a friend's novel. We must support one another in the arts.
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Do you enjoy reading some of the best historical fiction about Ancient Rome? Did you love Gladiator the movie by Ridley Scott that reflected ancient Rome? Then I have a surprise for you that you can read at the beach or wrap for a gift anytime of the year for yourself or another. Get ready to read an epic historical drama by Author Sherry Christie.
I had met Author Sherry Christie well over 15 years ago, and had the privilege to read some of her very first drafts of Roma Amor in a writing group we were in at the time. I consider her a friend.
Sherry has created a gift to the lovers of ancient Rome, which also includes an extensive Glossary and Author's Notes for the avid reader. Please go to my friend's link where you can read an excerpt from Chapter One of Roma Amor. You will find the following welcome by the author at her website. The embed link is in red.
http://www.roma-amor.com/ or Google directly if link does not work below.
Salve, friend!
Welcome to the official website of Roma Amor, my historical novel about Caligula's Rome.Sweeping you from narrow smoke-grimed streets and tenements to elegant mansions where ambitious men plot murder, Roma Amor is a story about fathers and sons, Romans and barbarians, the dreams of an old republic and the demands of a new Empire.
It's 37 AD, the first year in the reign of Caligula Caesar, and the 25-year-old Princeps has won over the Senate and people of Rome with his humility and generosity. Senator Titus Carinna, who helped bring him to the throne, is among the few who know the fears churning behind Caligula's need to be loved. The support of a loyal friend might steady him, but Titus's older son, groomed for the job, has committed suicide. That leaves only 22-year-old Marcus, who has just returned from the German frontier trailing minor clouds of glory. And a hostage girl.
Marcus believes that family honor requires him to atone for his brother’s treason, which endangered the young Caligula. Why, then, is his brother's spirit not at peace? And when Marcus demands to know the truth, why does Caligula warn him, "The point, O Theseus, is not to learn what waits at the heart of the maze. The point is to escape alive"?
Grounded in years of research, Roma Amor is the first in a planned series that will take you from the beginning of Caligula's reign through his assassination, the accession of his uncle Claudius (of I, Claudius fame), poisonings and conspiracies, and the rise of Nero.
I had met Author Sherry Christie well over 15 years ago, and had the privilege to read some of her very first drafts of Roma Amor in a writing group we were in at the time. I consider her a friend.
Sherry has created a gift to the lovers of ancient Rome, which also includes an extensive Glossary and Author's Notes for the avid reader. Please go to my friend's link where you can read an excerpt from Chapter One of Roma Amor. You will find the following welcome by the author at her website. The embed link is in red.
http://www.roma-amor.com/ or Google directly if link does not work below.
Salve, friend!
Welcome to the official website of Roma Amor, my historical novel about Caligula's Rome.Sweeping you from narrow smoke-grimed streets and tenements to elegant mansions where ambitious men plot murder, Roma Amor is a story about fathers and sons, Romans and barbarians, the dreams of an old republic and the demands of a new Empire.
It's 37 AD, the first year in the reign of Caligula Caesar, and the 25-year-old Princeps has won over the Senate and people of Rome with his humility and generosity. Senator Titus Carinna, who helped bring him to the throne, is among the few who know the fears churning behind Caligula's need to be loved. The support of a loyal friend might steady him, but Titus's older son, groomed for the job, has committed suicide. That leaves only 22-year-old Marcus, who has just returned from the German frontier trailing minor clouds of glory. And a hostage girl.
Marcus believes that family honor requires him to atone for his brother’s treason, which endangered the young Caligula. Why, then, is his brother's spirit not at peace? And when Marcus demands to know the truth, why does Caligula warn him, "The point, O Theseus, is not to learn what waits at the heart of the maze. The point is to escape alive"?
Grounded in years of research, Roma Amor is the first in a planned series that will take you from the beginning of Caligula's reign through his assassination, the accession of his uncle Claudius (of I, Claudius fame), poisonings and conspiracies, and the rise of Nero.
https://johannasbillings.com/2016/04/27/maine-authors-book-was-45-years-in-the-making/
Go to this link above or Google the link to read more about the author's road to publication of Roma Amor.
Author Sherry Christie of Jonesport, Maine
Find out more about Author Sherry Christie and additional books she has published, at Amazon.com.
http://www.amazon.com/Sherry-Christie/e/B008MQGX8W/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1466174838&sr=1-2-ent
http://www.amazon.com/Sherry-Christie/e/B008MQGX8W/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1466174838&sr=1-2-ent
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