Philip Freeman is a no-nonsense chronolicer. I first experienced his writing in Julius Caesar & was totally in awe of his simplistic presentation of the 'ultimo maximus" (my take on Julius Caesar)Carrying in the same vein his book on Alexander blasts myths & in his style presents the various vers...
I couldn’t eat and didn’t dare sleep, for fear that what I had seen would return in my dreams. So I spent most of that same night sitting with my grandmother in her hut, talking about what had happened and what I should do next. She agreed that Finian was a prime suspect in all four murders, but ...
Most of the snow had melted, so I hoped the journey wouldn’t be too hard. Armagh was far away and most of the trip would be through the territory of the Uí Néill, the sworn enemies of Leinster. As a bard I could safely pass through their lands, as could Dari, as long as she stayed with me. Still,...