Naomi Mitchison

The Corn King and the Spring Queen (The Hera Series) (2003)

The Blood of the Martyrs: How the Slaves in Rome Found Victory in Christ (1994)

have just finished this fantastic book! If you have read and enjoyed Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz you will love this one too. Set In Rome during the reign of Nero this is a wonderful historical novel which tells of the lives of both slaves and Roman citizens and how they are affected by the ri...