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Prehistory to 500 AD

Jane Alison, The Love-Artist.
Exiled from Rome, the poet Ovid meets a mystic who becomes the inspiration for his masterpiece, Medea.

Jean Auel, Clan of the Cave Bear.
An orphaned Cro-Magnon girl is raised by a tribe of Neanderthals, who treat her as an outcast. First in a series.

Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Firebrand.
When her brother Paris brings Helen of Sparta home as a war prize, Kassandra has a vision that Troy will be set aflame.

Gillian Bradshaw, The Beacon at Alexandria.
A girl flees marriage to a hated Roman governor and disguises herself as a eunuch in order to train as a physician in Alexandria.

Frederick Buechner, Son of Laughter.
Near the end of his days, Jacob thinks about his father Isaac, his brother Esau, his wives Rachel and Leah, and his son Joseph.

Elizabeth Cook, Achilles.
Born of god and king and hidden as a girl until Odysseus discovers him, Achilles becomes the Greeks’ greatest warrior at Troy.

Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King.
Arthur, the bastard son of Uther, pledges his fidelity and protection to his infant nephew, Mordred, the rightful heir to the Kingdom of Dumnonia. First in a trilogy.

Lindsey Davis, Ode to a Banker. Mystery
Marcus Didius Falco spends a hot Roman summer tracking down the killer of a Greek publisher and banker. Part of a series.

Anita Diamant, The Red Tent.
The story of Dinah, the only daughter of Jacob and Leah, whose intended husband was murdered by her brothers Simon and Levi.

P.C. Doherty, The Mask of Ra. Mystery
The Chief Judge of Thebes investigates the death of the Pharaoh, who died from a snake bite. Part of a series.

Karen Essex, Kleopatra.
The early years of Cleopatra, a queen of Greek heritage who earned the support of her people by her acceptance of Egyptian language and customs.

Colin Falconer, When We Were Gods.
Cleopatra ascends to the throne of Egypt at the age of 18 and takes on the burdens of royalty and loneliness.

Howard Fast, Spartacus.
Spartacus, a slave and gladiator, leads a slave rebellion against the Roman Empire.

Michael Curtis Ford, The Ten Thousand.
Xenophon leads an army of 10,000 on a 1,000-mile march home to Greece through treacherous conditions and hostile territory.

Sarah Franklin, Daughter of Troy.
Briseis, Queen of Lyrnessos, is taken captive when her land is conquered by Agamemnon and is given as a prize to the hero Achilles.

W. Michael Gear, People of the Wolf.
A dreamer led by a vision of a wolf leads his people across the frozen wastes into the unspoiled continent of North America.

Pauline Gedge, Lady of the Reeds.
An Egyptian girl is trained as a physician and is brought into the intrigue of the Pharaoh’s court.

Ellen Gilchrist, Anabasis.
In ancient Greece, a slave girl trained as a healer rescues an abandoned baby and escapes into the wild, where she meets a band of rebels.

Robert Graves, I, Claudius; Claudius the God.
Born with a stammer & a weak constitution, Claudius survives palace intrigues and murders and becomes Emperor of Rome.

Nicholas Guild, The Assyrian.
Two royal brothers in Assyria become divided when their father decrees that one of them will be his successor.

Lauren Haney, A Vile Justice. Paperback Mystery
In ancient Egypt, Lieutenant Bak investigates four deaths that occur around a governor’s home. Part of a series.

Robert Harris, Pompeii.
An engineer in charge of the great Aqueduct discovers that Mount Vesuvius is about to erupt.

Sue Harrison, Mother Earth, Father Sky.
In the prehistoric Aleutian Islands, a woman escapes the massacre of her tribe and family and learns to survive on her own.

Jean Levi, The Chinese Emperor.
The tale of the ascendance of Prince Cheng of Ch'in, who would ultimately unite all of China and crown himself Ch'in Shih Huang-Ti.

Morgan Llywelyn, Red Branch.
The legendary Cuchulain becomes a warrior of the elite Red Branch and struggles with the fatal beauty of Deirdre, the anger of King Conor, and the machinations of Queen Maeve.

Guanzhong Luo, Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, three kingdoms vie for control of China. In 2 volumes.

Colleen McCullough, The First Man in Rome.
In the last days of the Republic, a brilliant military leader and Roman consul becomes involved in politics, social infighting, bloody battles and domestic drama. First in a series.

Mary Mackey, The Year the Horses Came.
A woman from a matriarchal tribe in prehistoric Europe meets a warrior from a tribe with plans of invasion.

Allan Massie, The Evening of the World.
During the period of the Barbarian invasions, a young Roman nobleman searches for meaning in a changing world.

Teresa Medeiros, Lady of Conquest. Romance
The High King of Ireland seeks the mysterious adversary who has vanquished several of his warriors and is surprised to find it is a woman.

Juliene Osborne-McKnight, Daughter of Ireland.
A druid priestess and a warrior-poet become involved in a secret quest during the age when Christianity was introduced in Ireland.

Diana Paxon, Master of Earth and Water. Science Fiction
Fionn mac Cumhal is hidden from his murderous grandfather and wanders through Ireland gaining knowledge and experience. First in a trilogy.

Steven Pressfield, Gates of Fire.
The story of the only Spartan to survive the battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans defended a mountain pass against 100,000 Persians.

Ramesh Menon, The Ramayana.
The epic of Prince Rama's betrayal, exile, and struggle to rescue his faithful wife from the clutches of a demon and to reclaim his throne.

Mary Renault, The King Must Die.
The story of the mythical hero Theseus who slew the Minotaur and became the King of Athens.

Lynda Robinson, Slayer of Gods. Mystery
The Pharaoh Tutankhamun asks Lord Meren to investigate the mysterious death of Nefertiti. Part of a series.

Steven Saylor, Roman Blood. Mystery
The orator Cicero hires Gordianus the Finder to help him prepare a legal defense of a farmer accused of killing his father. Part of a series.

Simon Scarrow, Under the Eagle.
A pampered imperial slave is forced to join the Roman legions and must prove himself in battle against the Germans.

Manda Scott, Dreaming the Eagle.
The early life of the warrior queen Boudica who led her tribe in battle against the Romans in ancient Britain.

Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis?
A Roman soldier converts to Christianity when he falls in love with a Christian woman.

Wilbur Smith, River God.
A sweeping saga of adventure and forbidden love between a girl who becomes the Pharaoh’s wife and a boy who becomes commander of the army.

Judith Tarr, King and Goddess.
Palace intrigues arise in Egypt when Hatshepsut takes the throne after the death of her husband, whose only male heir is the child of a maidservant.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Reindeer Moon.
The spirit of a girl in prehistoric Siberia recalls her life including the death of her parents and the long trek she and her sister made to join their tribe.

H.N. Turteltaub, Over the Wine-Dark Sea.
The adventures of two traders from Rhodes who sail the Mediterranean.

Jack Whyte, The Skystone.
Two Romans try to preserve Roman culture in Britain in the face of an onslaught of warring factions and invaders. First in a series.

Joan Wolf, Daughter of the Red Deer.
During the Ice Age, when the women of the Tribe of the Horse die from polluted water, the young men kidnap women from the matriarchal Tribe of the Red Deer to keep their clan from extinction.