Roman Holiday

By Jodi Taylor

Another rollicking short story from the Chronicles of St Mary's. Question: What sort of idiot installs his mistress in his wife's house? Especially when that mistress is Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, Queen of Egypt and the most notorious woman of her time? Answer: Julius Caesar - poised to become King of Rome. Or as good as. Question: At this potentially sensitive point in your political manoeuvrings, who are the last people you'd want crashing through the door, observing, recording, documenting ...? I think we all know the answer to that one. Roman Holiday - an epic, stand alone tale set in Ancient Rome, 44 BC, featuring, in no particular order: an attempted murder, stampeding bullocks, Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, a bowl of poisonous snakes, a smallish riot, Julius Caesar, and Mr Markham's wayward bosoms.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Accent Press
• Release date: Jun 17, 2014
• ISBN: 9781681468853

Reviews for Roman Holiday

[liscarey · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

No St. Mary's assignment goes the way it's supposed to. Never.

The historians of St. Mary's investigate major historical events in contemporary time (don't call it "time travel.") This time the assignment is really simple, and very popular; they'll be observing Rome when Caesar has moved Cleopatra into his home in Rome.

The same home he shares with Calpurnia.

They're just going to observe conditions. It's a peaceful day. What could possibly go wrong?

But this is the St. Mary's crew. Max, Peterson, and their colleagues always have way more excitement than they're supposed to.

It's a lot of fun. I particularly like Taylor's narrative voice and Ramm's narration. Recommended.

This book was free on Audible.

[wealhtheowwylfing · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The historians of St.Mary's try to time travel to see Cleopatra, and of course everything goes hilariously, terribly wrong.

[tsmom1219 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Fun short story with the St. Mary's crew.

[passion4reading_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Under strict instructions to simply record and observe, our intrepid historians nevertheless manage to change (or should that be restore?) history by preventing the deaths of Caesar and/or Cleopatra and, true to form, have to run for their lives.This was a fun and quick excursion to ancient Rome with my favourite historians. Of course the most fun is always to be had when reading how despite their best intentions, things go horribly wrong. All the usual ingredients are here, along with some interesting historical snippets.

[jamespurcell · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Just another delightful romp through history as the historians visit Caesar and Cleopatra in Rome. Just a simple visit what could go wrong? But remember who the travelers represent, St Mary's!