time travel

This was a great time travel book. Diana travels back in time from the rule of Mad King George to the time of Roman rule in England. Diana is intrigued with anything from the Elizabethan era and finds her contemporary male counterparts lacking. While on a stroll from her plotting family she walks into a antique store and tries on for size a Roman Helmet. The next thing she knows she is in Bath during Roman Rule. While in Bath Diana falls in love with Roman General Marcus Magnus much to her dismay for to him she is nothing but a slave. But her situation can't come in between these two because they are soul mates and will experience many ups and downs before they will have their "Happily Ever After" ending. Such is the price when finding true love.

This is one of my favorite books by Henley. The Characters are likeable, and Diana is not one of those insipid, selfish, nasty characters that sometime find there way into her novels.

There is plenty of suspense, and of course there are the love scenes that Virgina is famous for. There is also the hisoric information that I love about her books. You almost can see yourself in Bath during the rule of the Romans. This is a book that I will keep.

I have been a romance novel fan for several years now, and this book really stands out in the crowd! I have read all of Virginia Henley's books and find her to be one of the finest romantic storytellers of our time. This book is one of her best. It blends not only time travel, but told from the unique perspective of the Roman Empire, in all it's hedonistic glory. I have not come across another novel written in this time period and Ms. Henley describes it with breathtaking clarity. You feel as though you are there. The undying love, passion and incredible eroticism shared between Marcus and Diana will leave you breathless. You will come away feeling as though you just stepped out of a time machine and have experienced the agony and the ecstasy of Nero's empire and Marcus and Diana's timeless love. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading of any genre. Romance fans will adore it and those who have never tried romance will be hooked after this one!

My mother-in-law is a voracious reader. She, along with her friends, exchange "reads" by the bagfull. I found this book in one of those bags and I thank God I didn't waste money buying it. This is simply the worst book I've ever read.

A reader from Germany stated that Ms. Henley (apparently) wrote this in the style of the early bodice-rippers. If that is correct, I'm most delighted I've never read one. I like my stories to have some credibility, but I couldn't even muster a chuckle for this. It's poorly written, too. In one example, Marcus Magnus, the brutish Roman general and throbbing sex object, converses with his slavemaster about the upcoming orgy he organizes, "I have a problem regarding the feast I throw for the governor..." Now, it's a small thing, certainly, but I don't believe Romans "threw" feasts. There is nothing likable about Diana, the main female character. The sex is graphic without any beauty or elegance.

Please pass up the urge to read this unless you are truly into campy, trite, underwritten stories.