Blundell s Classics Department Recommended Classically Themed Reading for year 9 Author Title Information The War at Troy A novel of ancient history, about the Trojan War. Lindsay Clarke The Return from Troy About the homecoming of Greek leaders who fought in the Trojan War. Lindsay Davis The Course of Honour The Falco series: The Silver Pigs Shadows in Bronze Venus in Copper The Iron Hand of Mars Poseidon's Gold Last Act in Palmyra Time to Depart A Dying Light in Corduba Three Hands in the Fountain Two for the Lions One Virgin Too Many Ode to a Banker A Body in the Bath House The Jupiter Myth A stand-alone novel about Emperor Vespasian's mistress Aspiring eques, Falco solves mysteries and murders in ancient Rome and around the Empire
The Accusers Scandal Takes a Holiday See Delphi and Die Saturnalia Alexandria Nemesis Aristotle Detective Aristotle and Poetic Justice Aristotle solves crimes and mysteries in ancient Athens Margaret Doody Aristotle and the Secrets of Life Poison in Athens Mysteries of Eleusis Robert Graves Robert Harris Tom Holland Caroline Lawrence I, Claudius Pompeii Imperium Lustrum Rubicon Persian Fire The Poison in the Blood The Thieves Of Ostia The Secrets Of Vesuvius The Pirates Of Pompeii The Assassins Of Rome The Dolphins Of Laurentum The Twelve Tasks Of Flavia Gemina The Enemies Of Jupiter The Gladiators From Capua The Roman Mysteries series which follow the adventures of Roman children.
Geraldine McCaughrean The Colossus Of Rhodes The Fugitive From Corinth The Sirens Of Surrentum The Charioteer Of Delphi The Slave-Girl From Jerusalem The Beggar Of Volubilis The Scribes From Alexandria The Prophet From Ephesus The Man From Pomegranate Street Odysseus Perseus Heracles The Orchard Book Of Myths Mary Renault The King Must Die Historical novels based on the legend of Theseus from Greek mythology. Percy Jackson: The Greek Gods are alive and kicking in the 21st century. Percy Jackson discovers that he is the son of Poseidon and And the Lightning Thief And the Sea of Monsters Rick Riordan Steven Saylor Years 9-13 And the Titan s Curse And the Battle of the Labyrinth And The Last Olympian Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero Roman Blood Arms of Nemesis Catilina s Riddle The Venus Throw A Murder on the Appian Way Gordianus the Finder investigates cases in Ancient Rome
Rubicon Last Seen in Massilia A Mist of Prophecies The Judgment of Caesar The Triumph of Caesar The House of the Vestals A Gladiator Dies Only Once Under the Eagle adventure stories, mostly set in Roman-occupied Britain The Eagle s Conquest When the Eagle Hunts The Eagle and the Wolves Simon Scarrow Years 9-13 The Eagle s Prey The Eagle s Prophecy Eagle in the Sand Centurion The Gladiator The Legion Gladiator: Fight for Freedom Eagle of the Ninth Historical fiction Rosemary Sutcliffe The Silver Branch The Lantern Bearers Song for a Dark Queen
David Wishart Years 9-13 Black Ships before Troy The Wanderings of Odysseus Ovid (1995) Germanicus (1997) The Lydian Baker (1998) Sejanus (1998) Old Bones (2000) Last Rites (2001) White Murder (2002) A Vote for Murder (2003) Parthian Shot (2004) Food for the Fishes (2005) In at the death (2007) Illegally Dead (2008) Bodies Politic (2010) Marcus Valerius Corvinus, son-in-law of the poet Ovid, travels round the empire solving crimes