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HWA Sharpe Gold Crown shortlist giveaway!

22 October 2018 By Editor

HWA Gold Crown shortlist 2018

It’s time for the third and last 2018 Historia HWA Crowns shortlist giveaway! This time we’re giving all six novels on the Sharpe Books Gold Crown award shortlist to one winner. Follow the instructions below to enter.  You’ve got four chances to win and can enter using any or all of the options: 1. Sign up to […]

The Dark Legacy of Rome

14 March 2018 By Harry Sidebottom

“Apart  from  the  sanitation, the  medicine, education, wine, public  order, irrigation, roads, the  fresh  water  system, and  public  health, what  have  the  Romans  ever  done  for  us?” The  classic  comedy  of  Monty  Python’s  Life  of  Brian  sums  up  the  modern  perception  that  the  Roman  empire  was  a  force  for  good. But  there  are  darker  aspects  […]

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