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If you're historical fiction aficionados, travelers, dreamers, or adventurers, you'll want to take a look. People in the ancient world communicated in a surprising plethora of ways. Scrolls were only one format, and in Marcus Antonius's Rome would have been used specifically by the aristocracy or learned individuals, like scribes, who might even be well-educated slaves. Sometimes scrolls were used for correspondence, especially in arid, hot areas like Egypt or Syria. Other uses were for public records or to record official documents. Though often made of papyrus, scrolls were sometimes made of vellum--leather--which would last longer in humid regions.

Brook hopes you'll make yourself at home and read through her scrolls to learn more about her work as an author, her research, travels, thoughts, and adventures!"

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Let Me Tell You A Story...

Welcome to my world of writing!

Antonius: Son of Rome will be available very soon--in less than a month! It has been a joy, sometimes costly, at times dangerous, and most of all, an adventure to put this book together. I've seen battlefields in Greece that remain unexcavated--probably archaeological treasure-troves. Once I was crazy enough to hire a boatman in Alexandria, Egypt to take a ride through the Great Harbor. I wanted a close-up view of the site where the Pharos Lighthouse stood 2000 years ago, and when he took us that far out, we nearly capsized due to rough seas. On a visit to Rome, I was privileged to see historical sites on the Palatine Hill that are closed to the public.

So, what is the story? My book won't just be the story of Antony & Cleopatra. In detail, my book will take you into Antony's life, beginning at age eleven. You'll be there when his father has died and he's unsure how to feel about a man he once looked up to who is now scorned by everyone in Rome. He's a kid who grows up surrounded by shame. This story will be his story. Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and the rest of the ancient world will be a part of it, but this will be Marcus Antonius's tale, from his point of view.

So, join me!

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Marcus Antonius bust from the 1st century AD, The Vatican Museum, Rome

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