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"These essays were originally delivered as the Wolfson College Lectures 2003." --Preface.
'Lifting the mask' : Syme on fictional history / Miriam Griffin
'Truth severe, by fairy fiction drest' : reality and the Roman imagination / Kathleen Coleman
How to be a Roman emperor : an autobiography / Keith Hopkins
History as fiction in the novels of Patrick O'Brian / N.A.M. Rodger
War of words : the British Army and the Western Front 1914-18 / Richard Holmes
'How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport?' : history and drama / Julian Mitchell.
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History and fiction : six essays celebrating the centenary of Sir Ronald Syme (1903-1989). ISBN 9780955105005. Published by Grime & Selwood in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.