Shwartz's Heirs to Byzantium trilogy – Byzantium's Crown (1987), The Woman of Flowers (1987) and Queensblade (1988) is an
alternate history series. The Heirs to Byzantium novels are set in a world where
Marc Antony defeats
Octavius in the
Battle of Actium, and joins with
Cleopatra to make Byzantium capital of the Roman Empire.[1]
Shwartz's novel The Grail of Hearts (1992) is a fantasy that features the
Holy Grail. It also features a sympathetic version of Kundry from
Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal; Shwart's Kundry is depicted as a version of the
Wandering Jew.[1]
Shwartz has published several novels and sixty short stories.
Works
Novels
The Woman of Flowers (1987)
Byzantium's Crown (1987)
Silk Roads and Shadows (1988)
Queensblade (1988)
Arabesques: More Tales of the Arabian Nights (1988)
Heritage of Flight (1989)
Imperial Lady (1989) with Andre Norton
Arabesques II (1989)
The Grail of Hearts (1991)
Empire of the Eagle (1993) with
Andre Norton. Historical novel about a group of Romans who flee the
Battle of Carrhae and travel to India and China.[2]
Shards of Empire (1996)
Cross and Crescent (1997)
Second Chances (2001)
Hostile Takeover (2004)
She has also collaborated with science fiction writer (and fellow Mount Holyoke alumna)
Judith Tarr on the following works:
S.M. Stirling – Blood Feuds (1993) (with Judith Tarr and Susan Shwartz and
Harry Turtledove (Part of the "War World" sub-series in the "Co-dominium" series, originally created by
Jerry Pournelle) and Blood Vengeance (1994) (with Susan Shwartz and Judith Tarr and
Harry Turtledove and
Jerry Pournelle (Also part of the "War World" sub-series)
CoDominium – Blood Feuds (1992) Susan Shwartz, S.M. Stirling, Judith Tarr, and Harry Turtledove and Blood Vengeance (1994) Susan Shwartz, S.M. Stirling, Judith Tarr, and Harry Turtledove.
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abcdKing, T. Jackson. "SFC Interview: Susan Shwartz". Science Fiction Chronicle 16(7): 5, (pp. 30-33). June/July 1995.
^"Empire of the Eagle by Andre Norton and Susan Shwartz starts with more Roman legionaries who survive the Carrhae disaster and then fight their way through India on to China..." Hawking, James. "
"Roman History Through A Hundred Novels".
Historical Novel Society. Spring 1997. Retrieved 3 April 2021.