Tales of love and lust between heroic and adventurous men across the ages from Ancient Greece and Troy to almost-modern times.<br /> <br />Kerry Greenwood's historical detail and sense of place and time sets the many scenes for a wonderful collection of happy-ever-after male-male love stories.<br /> <br />The second in a 3 book series, Herotica will take you around the world in 29 stories of adventure, romance, lust, exploration, war and peace, and above all love.<br /> <br />Or, as Kerry herself says: 'Wonderful stories of gorgeous gay men shagging each other senseless in impeccable historical settings.'<br /> <br />Kerry Greenwood – the creator of the fabulous Phryne Fisher – is also the author, for Clan Destine Press, of Out of the Black Land; the Delphic Women trilogy: Medea, Cassandra and Electra; and Salmancis.
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Kerry Greenwood. Herotica 2
THE LAMENT OF ACHILLES
MAIDEN SACRIFICE
SAPPHO OF LESBOS
THE OATH OF HIPPOCRATES
CARNEVALE DI VENEZIA
ESCAPE FROM HERCULANEUM
THE PAINTER AND THE POTTER
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
THE SCENT OF JASMINE AND THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE
DANGER MONEY FOR A GUARDIAN ANGEL
THE COOK AND THE SHIPMAN’S TALE
THE DREAM OF THE ROODE
THE DEATH OF COLONEL RAINSBOROUGH
A GESTE OF ROBYN HODE
A STITCH IN TIME
THE HIGHWAYMAN
BAND OF BROTHERS
WHEN I CONSIDER HOW MY LIGHT IS SPENT
THE SURGEON’S MATE
THE SAMURAI
THE LAST OF THE NAVAJO
THE PIPES OF LUCKNOW
THE WARRIOR AND THE PRESBYTER
THE RED SHIRT
TSAKIA’S RIDE
TENEBRAE THOMAS AND THE JAGUAR GOD
THREE THREE THE RIVALS
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE
ADAM AND FARMER GILES
ALSO FROM KERRY GREENWOOD
Отрывок из книги
Adventures in Love & Time
Vol 2
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Ion complied. The beast lived in a pleasant, conventional house. Ion added his lamb to the small flock grazing outside. The walls inside were painted by the same hand as the temple - radiant, ingenious, engrossing. The Beast watched as a couple of maidens sat Ion down, washed and dried his feet, and gave him a clean tunic. Then, smiling, they laid out a feast, filled wine cups, and left, hand in hand.
‘You don’t kill the sacrifices, do you?’ he asked. ‘You aren’t even interested in changing their status.’
