The Legate\'s Daughter by Wallace Breem

[Spedius]

I liked "Eagle in the snow" a lot but didn't like "The Legate's Daughter". Loved "Provincial Governor" as well. Would be very interested to hear more about what you have on your bookshelves, I'm always interested in historical fiction. I've also read the series by Lindsey Davies, Stephen Saylor, John Maddox Roberts, Colleen McCullough, Simon Scarrow and some others. I also enjoyed another Roman mystery series by David Wisehart (I think that was his name).
Another really good trilogy IMO was Lion Feuchtwanger's Josephus series, but I don't know if that's available in English, I read it in German.

Ave Niedel,

Thank you for your message.

The only author who's books I haven't got or read, from the English language ones you mentioned, is John Maddox Roberts. I believe he is a member of this Forum and has, on occasion, actually posted some comments on his books. Are his books good reads? I have them on my wants list.

A decent pair of books to look out for are "The Three Legions" by Gregory Solon and "The Lost Eagles" by Ralph Graves. The first is about Varus and the Teutonberg Wald, the second is about Varus' relative and his attempt to recover the three legionary standards, the eagles. I have both published in paperback by Sphere in 1972, costing 35p each. These are both good reads.

Vale

M. Spedius Corbulo