How did it feel to be a Briton in the Roman Empire?
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I’m pleased as punch that Val Penny, author of the Edinburgh Crime Mysteries , prolific blogger and social media pundit, has invited me to be her guest blogger this month. As a crime writer myself in 3rd century Roman Britain rather than Val’s modern times, I wanted to write about one of the broader issues arising from my cross-genre stories: identity. I am fascinated with how it might have felt to live in ancient Britain, as part of the Roman Empire. But this time I’m not shining the spotlight on my main character, military investigator Quintus Valerius. He is a Roman born and bred, who ends up in Britannia in
How did it feel to be a Briton in the Roman Empire?
How did it feel to be a Briton in the Roman…
How did it feel to be a Briton in the Roman Empire?
I’m pleased as punch that Val Penny, author of the Edinburgh Crime Mysteries , prolific blogger and social media pundit, has invited me to be her guest blogger this month. As a crime writer myself in 3rd century Roman Britain rather than Val’s modern times, I wanted to write about one of the broader issues arising from my cross-genre stories: identity. I am fascinated with how it might have felt to live in ancient Britain, as part of the Roman Empire. But this time I’m not shining the spotlight on my main character, military investigator Quintus Valerius. He is a Roman born and bred, who ends up in Britannia in