Martin Gropius Bau, venetian friezes, Gestapo HQ, Berlin Wall death strip (Clockwise from top left) My new novel, Fables & Lies: A World...

Popular culture is rife with examples of humankind’s fascination with magic whether malicious or benevolent. Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a ...

The life of Greta Garbo, the Swedish-American actress, is a rags to riches story. Born in Stockholm in 1905 as Greta Gustafsson, she earned ...

My previous posts about Roman women have centered on victims ( Lucretia and Virginia ) and villains ( Tarpeia and Tullia Minor ) whose virtu...

Tullia runs over the Corpse of her Father by Jean Bardin (1765) In previous posts, I’ve told the stories of exemplary women of Roman legend ...

The third novel in my A Tale of Ancient Rome saga is entitled Call to Juno. It is set in the final year of a ten year siege between the Etru...

Queen Tanaquil As can be seen from the tragic stories of  Lucretia and Virginia , the women of early regal Rome gained fame when used as exe...

The women of very early Rome were definitely second-class citizens with no rights to vote or hold property. They were known only by one name...

  The dramatic stories of dark deeds, love and power surrounding the foundation of Rome are hard to resist. What particularly intrigues me i...