New author: C R May

We've added Clifford May, who writes as C R May, to our list of authors writing fiction set in the Ancient Rome.

As well as having written many historical novels set in several different periods, C R May has published two novels in his Conquerors of Rome series, Lords of Battle and Nemesis, set in the 4th Century BC which have received very positive reviews including:
Historical Novel Society
Hoover Book Reviews

His latest book in the genre is Scourge of God, set in the 5th century AD as Attila attacks Roman Gaul.


1. Lords of Battle: War on Rome, previously Terror Gallicus (Conquerors of Rome: book 1 of 2)

The war to decide the destiny of a continent. The spark was struck in the sacred grove of an unremarkable clan in Gaul. The struggle that followed lasted for centuries, and shapes us still.

390s BC. Led by Brennus, a warlord without a past, the Senone tribe undertake a remarkable trek. 80,000 strong, they brave primeval forest, shadowy assassins and Alpine peaks to settle the rich lands of Italia.

On the island of Albion, a young druid is driven by terrifying dreams to undertake a quest of her own. A Roman general witnesses the Gauls crush an Etruscan army using a deadly combination of guile and ferocity. Can he awaken the Senate from its torpor and save the city from catastrophe?

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2. Nemesis: Fall of Rome (Conquerors of Rome: book 2 of 2)

None can escape the judgement of Nemesis. 390BC. A winter has passed since the Gauls crossed the mountains to crush an Etruscan army outside Clusium.

Now, determined to avenge a death by the hand of a Roman observer, Brennus plans a terrible revenge. Confident in the might of their arms, the Romans march to drive away the threat. But the battle goes horribly wrong. Overwhelmed by the ferocious brutality of the Senone warriors, the citizen army is routed.

Defenceless, Rome faces the judgement of the goddess Nemesis, and as the mournful howl of barbarian war horns draw closer, the druid Catumanda begins to understand the odyssey may cost her life…

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3. Scourge of God

The Barbarian North — AD450. Narrowly escaping the treacherous attack that killed his father, Halga Hunding treads the exile’s path. Vowing vengeance, the young Jute forges a reputation as a warrior and a leader; but before he can act, a titanic struggle draws him south.

Attila, king of the Huns, the scourge of God, leads a horde across the Rhine. A hundred thousand strong, they ravage the heartland of Roman Gaul — killing, and burning as they go. Flavius Aetius, Master of Soldiers, hurries north, gathering a host from all the kingdoms of the West. Halga battles at the eye of the storm as Western civilisation fights to survive, and in a lightning campaign of bloodshed and brutality the invaders are repulsed.

Now a warrior of renown leading a troop of battle-hardened veterans, Halga sails for home, and the longed-for reckoning is at hand as he carefully baits a trap…

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