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Originally Posted by shousa
The Cleopatra book is not really part of the series, does not fit in the timeline, it is a stand-alone book.
The series covers this period to finish the reign of Augustus - so the book IMHO is not for historians (as the period is covered already) but for lovers of romance novels only (note Colleen wrote the "Thorn Birds")
The series is not available anywhere (other than October Horse the last in the series), I have checked all the major sources eg Amazon, MS, Mobi and others.
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I do not understand this remark;
October Horse ends with Phillippi, and
Antony and Cleopatra picks up from there and goes to the final showdown between Caesar Octavian and Antony, and a little beyond when Caesar Octavian becomes Augustus in 27 B.C. Considering that Augustus went on to be the Princeps until his death in A.D. 14, so another 40+ years, there is a lot of material to cover if she wants to go there.
Both this book and
October Horse are available
legally as e-books, the others are not, but since the series is popular I would bet a lot they are available on the
darknet
And regarding the series timeline, well
The First Man in Rome - rise of Marius and Sulla, war with Jugurtha and with the germans (~115-99 BC)
Grass Crown - the Italian war and then the split and conflict between Marius and Sulla (~99-86 BC)
Fortune's Favorites - the first civil war, the rise of Pompeius, Crassus and the young Caesar, war with Spartacus in Italy and Sertorius in Spain (~83 BC - 70 BC)
Caesar's Women - final pirate and Asian wars, Caesar's ascension in politics and his alliance with Pompeius and Crassus (~70 BC - 58 BC)
Caesar - The war in Gaul and the split with Pompeius leading to civil war and Pharsalus (~54BC - 48BC)
October Horse - Egypt and the rest of the civil war (Africa, Spain), the triumph and assasination of Caesar, the war between his followers led by Antony and Octavian, and the republicans led by Cassius and Brutus ending at Phillippi (48BC -42BC)
Antony and Cleopatra - the split between Caesar Octavian and Antony and their final showdown (42BC - 27BC)
So quite a unitary series.