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Lindsey Davis

Born

in Birmingham, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1949

Website

http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction

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Lindsey Davis, historical novelist, was born in Birmingham, England in 1949. Having taken a degree in English literature at Oxford University (Lady Margaret Hall), she became a civil servant. She left the civil service after 13 years, and when a romantic novel she had written was runner up for the 1985 Georgette Heyer Historical Novel Prize, she decided to become a writer, writing at first romantic serials for the UK women's magazine Woman's Realm.
Her interest in history and archaeology led to her writing a historical novel about Vespasian and his lover Antonia Caenis (The Course of Honour), for which she couldn't find a publisher. She tried again, and her first novel featuring the Roman "detective", Marcus Didius Falco, The Silver Pigs, ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 113,722 ratings · 7,809 reviews · 100 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 15,551 ratings — published 1989 — 110 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows in Bronze (Marcus Didius Falco, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 6,541 ratings — published 1990 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Venus in Copper (Marcus Didius Falco, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 5,841 ratings — published 1991 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Iron Hand of Mars (Marcus Didius Falco, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 5,395 ratings — published 1992 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poseidon's Gold (Marcus Didius Falco, #5) 4.12 avg rating — 4,775 ratings — published 1993 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Act in Palmyra (Marcus Didius Falco, #6) 4.04 avg rating — 4,230 ratings — published 1994 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Hands in the Fountain (Marcus Didius Falco, #9) 4.16 avg rating — 3,759 ratings — published 1996 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time to Depart (Marcus Didius Falco, #7) 4.09 avg rating — 3,677 ratings — published 1995 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dying Light in Corduba (Marcus Didius Falco, #8) 4.07 avg rating — 3,675 ratings — published 1996 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ides of April (Flavia Albia, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 3,844 ratings — published 2013 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Lindsey Davis (?)

“Never lend if you need repayment; never give where you want a return.”
― Lindsey Davis, The Course of Honor

tags: history, inspirational

28 likes

“Sometimes you run away by yourself purely so someone who cares will come to find you. Half the time nobody does. That's the tragedy of life.”
― Lindsey Davis, The Ides of April

24 likes

“I despise women who rely on men entirely for their own existence.”
― Lindsey Davis, Enemies at Home

tags: independence, reliance

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HISTORICAL FICTION POLL "D"
There will be a series of polls to begin putting together a potential reading list for the "historical fiction folder". I have divided the books into groups of 15 books apiece. Make sure to choose your favorite from each poll and make sure to vote in each of these polls so that we can generate a list according to priorities and interests. You will only receive one notification per poll. There will be simultaneous polls so please make sure to vote in each one.

Colleen McCullough

THE FIRST MAN IN ROME BY COLLEEN MCCULLOUGH

7 votes, 20.6%

Michel Faber

THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE BY MICHEL FABER

5 votes, 14.7%

Jacqueline Winspear

MAISIE DOBBS BY JACQUELINE WINSPEAR

4 votes, 11.8%

Susanna Clarke

JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR. NORRELL BY SUSANNA CLARK

3 votes, 8.8%

Steven Saylor

ROMA: THE NOVEL OF ANCIENT ROME BY STEVEN SAYLOR

3 votes, 8.8%

Jimmy Carter

THE HORNET'S NEST BY JIMMY CARTER

2 votes, 5.9%

William Safire

FREEDOM: A NOVEL OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY WILLIAM SAFIRE

2 votes, 5.9%

David Liss

A CONSPIRACY OF PAPER BY DAVID LISS

2 votes, 5.9%

Robert Graves

I. CLAUDIUS BY ROBERT GRAVES

2 votes, 5.9%

Drums Along the Mohawk (New York Classics) by Walter D. Edmonds

Walter D. Edmonds

DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK BY WALTER D. EDMONDS

2 votes, 5.9%

Rosalind Miles

I. ELIZABETH: A NOVEL BY ROSALIND MILES

1 vote, 2.9%

[image error] A.S. Byatt

POSSESSION: A ROMANCE BY A. S. BYATT

1 vote, 2.9%

C.J. Sansom

DISSOLUTION BY C.J SANSOM

0 votes, 0.0%

[image error] Gaynor Arnold

GIRL IN A BLUE DRESS BY GAYNOR ARNOLD

0 votes, 0.0%

Lindsey Davis

THE COURSE OF HONOR BY LINDSEY DAVIS

0 votes, 0.0%

34 total votes

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