Notations in square brackets attempt to provide a rating service
for the interested reader. Ratings range from [★★★★], indicative
of excellent mystery and historical value, all the way down to []
(don't bother).
If you have any additions to the booklist or can provide any of the
information which is missing from this list, please e-mail to
Richard M. Heli.
Happy reading!
Note: The Detective and the Toga
was formerly The Sword and the Sleuth.
Links:
In terms of similar sites for Ancient Egyptian, Greek or Medieval mysteries.
Ancient Egypt in Mysteries
is a good bet for the first.
For Medieval, please see
Historical Detectives
by Renée Vink.
You may also like to try Nance Hurt's
BrerFox list
of medieval mysteries and cross-reference with
Sue Feder's page
for reviews of these same titles.
For non-mystery Roman fiction, try
Fictional Rome
by Fred Mench et al., which includes reviews, but does not seem to have been
updated in a couple of years.
A similar site located in Germany, is
Historische Romane über das alte Rom
by Stefan Cramme.
Finally, for the curious, there is also a
personal reading list
of non-Roman mysteries.
Bonus feature:
Board Games Set in Ancient Rome
Other Links:
Historical costumes
and other
costumes for Halloween:
Toga Costumes
- Great Greek and
Greek Goddess Costumes
Ancient Roman costumes
and
Egyptian costumes
Sexy Greek Costumes
and
Sexy Egyptian costumes by puresexycostumes.com
Acknowledgements:
The names of many generous volunteers follow
(and what information they provided).
Many thanks for the contributions!
- Richard M. Alderson III - proofreading
- Mike Ashley - Wallace Nichols & Anthony Price works
-
Jim Barker - Age of Treason
- John W. Bierman - info on Classical Whodunnits
- Michelle M. Biggs - other bibliographies
- Jan Theo Bakker - the Italian novels
[Ostia Antica]
- Kate Birkel - J.M. Roberts
- Thierry Bosch - the French novels
- Kai Brodersen - Crimina
- Joseph Casazza - French and Italian novels
- Ted Champlin - Winterfeld novels, Wayne & Schuster
- D. Comelli - French novels
- Stefan Cramme - novels in Germany, France and much else besides
- Lindsey Davis
- bibliography
- David Emery - Synaulia music
- Eli Eshed - DeFord works and The Riddle of the Red Wolf
- Sue Feder - various
[Historical Mystery Appreciation Society]
[the mystery reviewer speaks]
- Monika Ferrier - Mandino
-
Jane Finnis - her works
- G. R. Hail - Harry Turtledove works
- Orietta Hardy-Sayles - Murder Trials by Cicero
- D. Hogan - the Barbara Hambly book
- Heide Huber - creations
- Lauren Jackson
- the John Maddox Roberts books
- Dean James - the John Maddox Roberts books
- Lin Jenkins - a plethora of recommendations
- Melita Kennedy - the Lindsey Davis novels
- Kishore Krshna - the Lindsey Davis novels
- Shai Laric - works of David Drake
- Caroline Lawrence - her works
- Antonio B. Leal - works of David Drake
- Dennis Lien - much assistance with London Mystery Magazine,
also S.P. Somtow
- Kai Lindner - German publishing news
- Ginny Lindzey - the Lindsey Davis website
- Theresa Loong - the Lindsey Davis novels
- Bo Lundin - Swedish translations
- Richard Lupoff
- The Julius Caesar Murder Case
- Bruce Macbain
- link
- Eric G. Mayer
- his creations
- Alayne McGregor - Canadian book sources
- Ken Meltsner - the Lindsey Davis novels
- Andreas Möhn - his works
- Doug Moncur
- lots of great British publishing news
- Danila Comastri Montanari - full bibliography of her work
- Martin E. Morrison - other bibliographies
- Jonathan Naughton - the works of Kel Richards
- Leo Nellissen - the Dutch translations
- Albert Noyer - his works
- Eric Oppen - John Maddox Roberts
- Jan van Puffelen - Dutch translations
- Mary Reed
- her creations
- John Maddox Roberts - his creations
- Stefano Rocchi - his and others' essays
- Vasily Rudich - Benton, Mandino, Wentworth, Nèraudau
- Jim Ruebel - The Conspiracy and The Ides of March
-
Steven Saylor
- full bibliography of his many creations
- Shauna Scott - the Lindsey Davis novels
- Jay Shorten - Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian and French translations, works of Jay Williams
- Annie Sieberson - Past Poisons
- Kelli Stanley - her work
- Polly Stratton - Age of Treason
- David Streeter - Saylor translations
- A.C. Tassie - info on his works
- Lea Tassie - info on Tassie works
- Rita Y. Toews - her novel
- Gil Torbeck - nonfiction bibliography, Spanish translations
- Keith Turner - the Lindsey Davis novels
- Paul Utiger - background on Charles Connell
- Marsha J. Valance - The Theft of the Golden Ring
-
Ricardo Vigueras - works of Joaquín Borrell
- Renée Vink
- Jean d'Aillon novel, Dutch translations, French novels
- Arthur Royall Whitaker - The Julius Caesar Murder Case
Copyright © 1994-2011 by
Richard M. Heli. Published since June 1994.