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I’m the author of a series of mysteries featuring Roman Army medic and reluctant sleuth, Gaius Petreius Ruso. His sixth adventure, TABULA RASA, will be published any day now (tho’ friends in the UK will have to wait a bit longer). If you glance to the right you’ll see the cover.
Here’s what’s inside:
Ruso and his wife, Tilla, are back in the borderlands of Britannia, tending the builders of Hadrian’s Great Wall. Having been forced to move off their land, the Britons...
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Danielle
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Aug 02, 2014 09:28AM
I've been reading this series since the first book. I love the unique spin on the mystery genre, and I love getting educated about Ancient Rome. Thank you for writing and keep going! I've preordered Tabula Rasa. Can't wait to read it!
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Thank you Danielle! I'm fascinated by the ancient world and always delighted when someone shares my enthusiasm.Tabula Rasa should be with you very soon: my copies turned up yesterday.
I've preordered too; I imagine my copy will come later this week. I'll try to ignore the cover; it's the contents that are important, after all!
Cover? My Kindle doesn't bother with that. ;) Can't wait!
Marked this one as to-read a long time ago. Can't wait !
Fortunately you won't see the cover from inside the book, Jane!
Ruth wrote: "Fortunately you won't see the cover from inside the book, Jane!"Thank goodness! I'm just ignoring the cover, Ruth. The insides are the important stuff! You've written a really great story this time, Ruth. I love the way Ruso and Tilla's relationship is developing and how they complement each other.
For my curiosity: what is the statue on Semper Fidelis: A Novel of the Roman Empire? From that tiny picture, to me it looks like he is trying to use his sword as a backscratcher.:)
To be honest, Jane, I don't know where that statue is - the cover designers found it. He looks like a barbarian clutching a Roman sword but I'm not sure whether he is about to do something nasty to someone neither of us can see, or something nasty to himself. Either would work with the story. Not backscratching though!
Jane, I've found it! And he is indeed about to do something nasty to someone neither of us can see. A picture of the complete statue is here - http://www.forumromanum.org/life/john...According to Wikipedia, the original is in the Museo Nazionale di Roma.
Ruth wrote: "Jane, I've found it! And he is indeed about to do something nasty to someone neither of us can see. A picture of the complete statue is here - http://www.forumromanum.org/life/john...Accor..."
Oh my goodness, I can't believe you went to all that trouble! Thank you so much for looking! No wonder they only show the top half of any statue or a back view. I don't see what it has to do with the story, but I'm sure if I reread, I'll probably discover the reason this one was chosen...
No trouble, I just happened to run across it while I was looking for something else. I'm guessing it's used because it's a barbarian with a sword. The wife, being irrelevant to the story, remains out of sight!
