Dear @netflix.com As I am sure you will have noticed my new novel #SyracuseWillBurn is out now. As you cast around for a follow up to #ChristopherNolan 's #Odyssey i think you should check it out. It has been described as 'one of the best stories of the year.' Talk soon. tinyurl.com/4sc3d2e7

A gripping & evocative historical novel that brings ancient Sicily to life and mingles compelling characters & political intrigue into a potent story,' Peter Tonkin. Read the full review: aspectsofhistory.com/book_reviews... Get the book tinyurl.com/pwa6v8ep #AncientGreece #HistFic #booksky

#SyracuseWillBurn 'Timon left the main road and walked up towards the temple. The fields of ripe wheat shone gold in the late afternoon sun. He ran his hand among the stalks of wheat and held a few grains up to his nose. The wheat smelled earthy & slightly sweet.' Read here tinyurl.com/pwa6v8ep

#SyracuseWillBurn 'Timon passed the twin Temples of Athena & Artemis within their walled gardens. He could hear the water of the fountain at the heart of the garden, tinkling into the basin, and the air was full of the perfume of winter-flowering jasmine. Read tinyurl.com/pwa6v8ep #AncientGreece

#AuthorInterview Aspects of History interviews @walkinstownd12 About his latest book aspectsofhistory.com/author_inter... Read Syracuse Will Burn tinyurl.com/pwa6v8ep @sharpebooks #ancienthistory #crimefiction #writerchat

#SyracuseWillBurn "A book that trusts readers to sit with political complexity rather than simplifying it. For fans of #SongofAchilles or #TheOdyssey a strong opening to an ambitious historical trilogy." @bookshelfie.bsky.social Read book-shelfie.com/review/syrac... Buy tinyurl.com/ynwa7v67

The print version of #SyracuseWillBurn from @SharpeBooks out now. "Simply breathtaking," Peter Tonkin "Brilliant and brutal," Fiona Forsyth "exceptional —thought-provoking & emotionally resonant." Mary Anne Yarde #AncientGreece #Mythology #histfic www.amazon.co.uk/Syracuse-Wil...

My new novel #SyracuseWillBurn out now "Tell the king the fair-wrought house has fallen. No shelter has Apollo, nor sacred laurel leaves. The fountains are now silent. The voice is stilled. It is finished.’’ tinyurl.com/3dnhyx94 #AncientGreece #AncientHistory #Mythology

Ah, God be with the days. They don't make them like this any more. A revolution with style.

#SyracuseWillBurn out now on Kindle. Print to order out 10 July “What do you see?" "I see death and destruction. I see this building a roofless shell and I see a man dressed in black standing where you are now. He says the old gods are dead.” tinyurl.com/3c7jtx39 #AncientGreece #AncientGreece

Temple of Zeus. 'The city stood behind walls that until now had never been breached. The line of temples stood proudly on their ridge speaking of the wealth & glory of Acragas & its trust in the protection of the gods.' #SyracuseWillBurn #AncientGreece Out now tinyurl.com/yr726d2h

Some Men in London - by Peter Parker Queer Life 1945 - 1959 My review in @AspectsHistory The book is a reminder of a time in gay life that is in danger of being forgotten. It poignantly shows how far gay rights have come & the dangers of going back. GREAT #LGBTQ #queerlit tinyurl.com/25sz2crk

My new novel #SyracuseWillBurn coming out this summer is set against the backdrop of the war between #Carthage & #Syracuse . If you love the world of #ancientGreece & the complex history of #Sicily you will love this documentary by Dr Michael Scott www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF3w...

Discovered in my favourite bookshop @ravenbooks.bsky.social #Blackrock. If the movie Odysseus has prompted a thirst for the literature of #AncientGreece this is the book to do a random sampling. + the illustrations are beautiful. I have Hewitt's new book #OpenHeaven sitting on top of the TBR pile.

In #TheBratinskyAffair It's 1976 and Tom is walking home along the seafront in #Bray- a figure looking out to sea - two hands almost touching - that's all it would take - then, torchlight and voices #LGBTQ #histfic #gayfiction Read more here - amazon.co.uk/Bratinsky-Af...

#TheBratinskyAffair It's 1944 & corrupt cop Gerard threatens to put Irina's family on the next train from Bordeaux to the east. He must go. Irina springs a trap with a bundle of fake money, an empty coffin in the cathedral & an unmarked grave. Bravo! Buy it here amazon.co.uk/Bratinsky-Af...

#TheBratinskyAffair It’s 1933 & Irina & #SuzySolidor are at the studio of #TamaradeLempicka to have their portrait painted. For once Irina is having fun on her own terms. But life gets complicated as war approaches & the past returns to bite #murder #artdeco #histfic

Welcome to my new web site hosted by Tertulia. It took me only an hour to set it up - even for a luddite like me - and it looks so professional! www.jimloughranbooks.com

On the other hand Grok also says this is what his arch enemy Himilco of Carthage looked like. Same hairdresser? Same dad? #books #newreleases

According to Grok this is what Dionysius 1 of #Syracuse looked like. I suspect this owes more to #Hollywood than #History. He features prominently in my forthcoming novel #SyracuseWillBurn @wrtrstat.bsky.social #books @ancienthistgeek.bsky.social

From @AspectsofHistory City of the Damned, my short story on Hugh O'Neill who brought the armies of the great Elizabeth to their knees & almost bankrupted her treasury Read for free @bookshelfie.bsky.social #history drive.google.com/file/d/1NcH5...

#RussianVillage #Ireland A body in a blazing ruin starts an investigation that takes journalist Tom O'Brien to #Paris #SaintPetersburg & buried secrets as he faces up to his identity as a gay man #LGBTQ @gaytimes.bsky.social @GReurope #LGBTQBOOKS #gAYFICTION @Xbooks amazon.co.uk/Bratinsky-Af...

On this day in 1612 my ancestor Father Patrick O'Loughran was hanged, drawn and quartered in Dublin. Chaplain to Hugh O'Neill he was arrested on return from Rome & accused of assisting the earls in their flight and of being an agent of Spain & the Pope. #history dib.ie/biography/ol...

#TheBratinskyAffair “a masterful historical thriller steeped in espionage secrets & the shadows of family legacy. Delivers suspense & emotional stakes in equal measure. An atmospheric, intelligent read that lingers” @matineegirl.bsky.social @lonesomereader.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2a6fww5f

How about this opening sentence. ' Marsh, where ...Slow-moving creeks wander, carrying the orb of the sun with them to the sea and long-legged birds lift with unexpected grace. - as though not built to fly - against the roar of a thousand snow geese." Addicted! @bookshelfie.bsky.social #books

Finished Frogs for Watchdogs by Sean Farrell. A book to tuck away so that no one can borrow it and you can go back and savour it. Farrell perfectly evokes the fears and uncertainties of a young boy. it is sad and funny and captures the importance of simple things #booksworthreading

My debut novel #TheBratinskyAffair is now on Kindle deal of the month for January - hurry while stocks last !! www.amazon.co.uk/Brat.../dp/B....

Nice to see my debut novel #TheBratinskyAffair up in lights You can read it here www.amazon.co.uk/Bratinsky-Af...

#WomenofTroy by @PatBarkerbooks brings the legend of Troy to life through its women. It documents the futility of war and the loss of humanity in greed for power . A book to treasure and add to add to the bookshelf under the heading, 'ToBeReread!'. @bookshelfie.bsky.social #books

Nice to see my novel #TheBratinskyAffair figure in this rogues gallery of murder and espionage from @aspectsofcrime @bookshelfie.bsky.social #Books #crime You can read #TheBratinskyAffair here: www.amazon.co.uk/Bratinsky-Af...