Historical Novelist
Updates
Posted on 10th June, 2026
Listen with Lindsey
Thanks to everyone who came to the October reading, from Time to Depart. Its recording on Zoom is available at https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Zaxvcq-4ifvQ6rIzj6NsJu3enoeAiDJAOmEq8aZCSpi27cxHI0zmyrZa2TadMlvA.JLp7ibXGJZDMbCfF?startTime=1784052236000 These recording are available for 30 days, then replaced by the following month. I regard them as ephemeral. They…
Read morePosted on 10th May, 2026
Silphium
A reader has sent me a link to an article in National Geographic about the possible discovery of silphium in Turkey. Or is it a relative of asafoetida?? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/miracle-plant-eaten-extinction-2000-years-ago-silphion?rid=A07E7E5B196FF1197B5DE62F79FE38B1&cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=Daily_NL_Friday_TopStories_20260417 I think you have to subscribe to read it, but I…
Read morePosted on 11th April, 2026
Murder in Purple and Gold is published in the UK
And hilariously, it became an Amazon Bestseller – in their category for Horse Racing!
Read morePosted on 2nd March, 2026
More Silver Pigs Found!
There’s a slight anxiety that Falco’s secret pension fund could have been discovered – but these are Domitianic and from Wales, not the Mendips: Rare Roman lead ingots found by metal detectorists in Ceredigion – BBC News
Read morePosted on 2nd March, 2026
Work in Progress
Albia book 15, Title announced as Ghosts of Our Ancestors! Publication 2027: The manuscript is now finished and I am working thorugh copy editing queries, then proofs. I have asked for the print to be that great Birmingham font, Baskerville….
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