The Lives of the CaesarsA masterful new translation of Suetonius' renowned biography of the twelve Caesars, bringing to life a portrait of the first Roman emperors in stunning detail The ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, where emperors had no choice but to fight, to thrill, to dazzle. To rule as a Caesar was to stand as an actor upon the great stage of the world. No biography invites us into the lives of the Caesars more vividly or intimately than that by Gaius

Helen Carr takes us deep into England's deadly fourteenth century and finds life and human colour

to becoming one of the first Black women in the House of Lords

The hospital cares for abandoned children but Hetty must first live with a foster family until she is big enough to go to school

so the medical skills and herbal knowledge that saw Frances accused of witchcraft no longer seem to hang over her like a death sentence

This is the territory of novels and letters

Child Wynd and Maisery

as well as his roles as family man and head of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies

Mary finds herself pulled towards Cornwall and dreams of St George's Island

Something inside her flips

dealing with a new government at home and diplomatic turmoil abroad

DC Ffion Morgan has a village full of suspects

But they will never find a safe haven