A Roman Tale 3d cover updated 2023
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A Roman Tale by Julie Laing

Chapter 1 THE HOME FARM   Paulus perched on the roof, watching the dust swirl in the distance.  Something or someone was galloping to their lonely farm.  He slid down the tiles and raced up the hill to meet the horseman. "Son," said a quivery voice, "I've missed you." Paulus stammered, "G…ood morning sir."  He had a flash of memory of his father leaving for war five years before.  He had been tall and dressed in a golden breastplate with…
Julie Laing
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Julie Laing

Julie Laing BA (History Major) is a writer of children's historical fiction and non-fiction. She is the mother of four girls: Gemma, Kate, Tess and Amelia. She writes and researches as she commutes by train to Sydney from the Central Coast. In her stories she aims to convey a sense of what it would have been like living day to day in other eras and is especially fascinated by Ancient history and the Roman and Greek periods. Julie Laing has…