Good Taste

Many people who are buying Pilate's Magician have also purchased this book:

 

Sweetness and Beauty

Cultural Offering: There's a new member of the Harden family.

A Lethal Sentence

I hope those who are in power in Western Europe understand the potential damage that can result when this line is uttered by a variety of Americans:

"They denied us airspace."

A Good Story is a Good Story

 

Book agents and publishers need to drop their bizarre word count requirements.

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Good Friday

 

Joining the Stack

 

Should Be on European Foreign Office Reading Lists

 

And Speaking of Novels Related to Rome

In addition to the obvious, here's my short list:

Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem

Claudius the God by Robert Graves

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

Julian by Gore Vidal

Pompeii by Robert Harris

The Cicero Trilogy by Robert Harris

The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough [All of the books in her series are excellent.]

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Out for Easter

A nifty (tuck it in a briefcase or purse) sized paperback of Pilate's Magician is now out on Amazon. [It's also out in e-Book form.]

Although I am a tad biased, the short novel contains aspects of the trial of Jesus which most people don't know.

A Roman lawyer and his capable assistants seek a clear view of what really happened when Pontius Pilate decided whether a verdict by the highest court in Judea warranted the uniquely Roman punishment of crucifixion.

I hope the novel gains a wide general readership, of course, but religious leaders and lawyers who may not be acquainted with the technical aspects of the case will also find it to be illuminating.

It is not, however, a somber or dry read.

Check out the sample on the Amazon page and you'll see what I mean.

Munich