I would like to apologize for the seriously long (okay, insanely long!) radio silence these past few months. This blog is still active, but I'm on a fierce deadline right now for my fifth book, THE SECOND EMPRESS, and won't be able to resume regular blogging until October.

Until then, my fellow history buffs, enjoy the archives and know that I haven't abandoned the ancient world yet...!!!!! In fact, I believe a great adventure is on the horizon sometime very soon, in the fair city where Cézanne was born, Fitzgerald wrote Gatsby, and the Romans defeated the Oxybii. When I am back, I promise many pictures and much blogging!