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"It's almost like being there"
Reviewed by Maurice A. Williams
Posted May 21, 2003

Here's a unique "back-in-time" novel, written by an expert in Roman archaeology who is an accomplished story teller as well. Rebecca East combines her training in archaeology and her talent for telling a story and brings the reader into a Roman household near Pompeii in A.D. 61. The Read more...

"delightful historical novel"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 21, 2003

The researchers have learned a lot about time travel including weight being a key factor. They decide to send someone two millennium into the past, but besides the smallness requirement, the person must have knowledge of the era. That is why Miranda is chosen to go back in Read more...

Summary

When a time travel experiment goes wrong, Miranda is stranded in the first century Roman world. She is sold into slavery and becomes a servant to a wealthy Pompeiian family. Soon she is entangled in household relationships and rivalries. By telling stories, she changes their lives - and her own. This story blends adventure, romance, and fantasy in a gentle fable about the power of imagination.