Roman Mornings

Matson Taylor is the author of two best-selling novels. He is also a design historian and has worked at museums in London and Rome. Roman Mornings is his third novel.

Praise for Roman Mornings ‘Roman Mornings sets out to charm and beguile. Cats talk and statues come to life, nudging the characters towards happy endings. Matson Taylor treats his English abroad characters with infectious affection. Bob tries to be more Italian: swaggering down the street, buying racy socks. The unlikely quartet visit an Italian disco with a Beatles-obsessed nun. Roman Mornings worked on me, and if any palazzo-dwelling eccentrics want to adopt a middle-aged book reviewer…’ Antonia Senior, The Times 'Melancholy and magic wend their winsome way through the streets of 1970s Rome as Taylor’s endearing characters follow their destinies under the watchful eye of the Eternal City’s curiously sentient statues. We meet sprightly, elderly Floss, who has an irrepressible sense of fun and shares a beautiful, but badly wired, palazzo with Clementine. Clemmie arrived with a head full of dreams and poetry, but now feels like an invisible middle-aged woman. She befriends Montgomery Marsh, a carpenter who’s nursing a secret sorrow, and a head injury after Clementine crashes into him on her Vespa. Taylor’s prose is lilting and lyrical, capturing the city’s beguiling atmosphere, creating the perfect backdrop for the allure of la dolce vita' Daily Mail  'Rome is both healer and magician in this enchanting novel of homecoming and belonging, and of the transformational power of friendship. Delizioso' Sarah Winman, author of Still Life ‘An uplifting joy of a story that brings the exuberance of Rome to life on every page. I felt the heat of the sun, heard the hustle and bustle, could even taste the food’ Frances Quinn, author of The Scandalous Ladies Football Club ‘Full of warmth and humour, the book is life-affirming and uplifting, exploring love, loss and second chances’ Yorkshire Post Praise for All About Evie ‘It’s an uplifting, rip-roaring read, peppered with nostalgic detail and plenty of comic asides’ Daily Express 'A golden ray of sunshine. If you're after a funny, uplifting summer read then this is for you!' Libby Page, author of The Lido 'A joyous way to spend an afternoon' Joanna Nadin, author of The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings ‘Taylor’s writing is sublime, effortlessly combining humour with pathos and spot-on period detail while sensitively exploring themes such as loss, grief, love and death. It’s sure to be another hit’ Yorkshire Post 'A thoroughly uplifting and unputdownable sequel to the bestselling The Miseducation of Evie Epworth' Waterstones Praise for The Miseducation of Evie Epworth ‘Tight, clever and riddled with wit. Like discovering Adrian Mole or Bridget Jones for the first time’ Joanna Nadin, author of The Queen of Bloody Everything ‘A sweet, fizzy sherbet dib-dab of a book - deliciously nostalgic, hugely funny and ultimately heartwarming. The perfect book for our times’ Veronica Henry ‘Such a joyful and uplifting read. Just the sort of thing that people will want to be reading right now’ Anita Rani, Radio 2 Book Club 'Full of fabulous characters, sprinkled with joy and drenched in wit' Milly Johnson