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Lindsey Davis


Born
in Birmingham, The United Kingdom
January 01, 1949

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Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction


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 · 114,298 ratings · 7,855 reviews · 102 distinct works • Similar authors
The Silver Pigs (Marcus Did...
3.90 avg rating — 15,595 ratings — published 1989
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Shadows in Bronze (Marcus D...
4.03 avg rating — 6,559 ratings — published 1990 — 73 editions
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Venus in Copper (Marcus Did...
4.08 avg rating — 5,855 ratings — published 1991 — 60 editions
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The Iron Hand of Mars (Marc...
4.07 avg rating — 5,405 ratings — published 1992 — 46 editions
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Poseidon's Gold (Marcus Did...
4.12 avg rating — 4,789 ratings — published 1993 — 47 editions
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Last Act in Palmyra (Marcus...
4.04 avg rating — 4,241 ratings — published 1994 — 45 editions
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Three Hands in the Fountain...
4.16 avg rating — 3,771 ratings — published 1996 — 48 editions
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Time to Depart (Marcus Didi...
4.09 avg rating — 3,688 ratings — published 1995 — 39 editions
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A Dying Light in Corduba (M...
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Series by Lindsey Davis

The Silver Pigs Shadows in Bronze Venus in Copper The Iron Hand of Mars Poseidon's Gold Last Act in Palmyra Time to Depart
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The Ides of April Enemies at Home Deadly Election The Graveyard of the Hesper... The Third Nero Pandora's Boy A Capitol Death
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“Never lend if you need repayment; never give where you want a return.”
― Lindsey Davis, The Course of Honor
tags: history, inspirational
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“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
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“I despise women who rely on men entirely for their own existence.”
― Lindsey Davis, Enemies at Home
tags: independence, reliance
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