Time To Depart

Historical novelist Lindsey Davis is best known for her novels set in Ancient Rome, including the much-loved Marcus Didius Falco series, although she has also written about the English Civil War, including in 2014 A Cruel Fate, a book for the Quick Reads literacy initiative. Her examination of the paranoid reign of the roman emperor Domitian began with Master and God, a standalone novel, leading to her new series about Flavia Albia, set in that dark period.Her books are translated and have been dramatized on BBC Radio 4. Her many awards include the Premio Colosseo (from the city of Rome) and the Crime Writers' Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement. Most recently she was awarded the City of Ubeda Historical Novel Prize, also for lifetime achievement.

"Non-stop action, excitements and astonishments - a real cracker" The Good Book Guide "Absolutely smashing" Daily Telegraph "Davis's writing zings with fun" Daily Mail "Combines the best of soap opera, violent thrills, pathos, bathos, exquisite scene settingand humour - in other words, a big, fat, gutsy, entertainingbook." Mail on Sunday "Queen of the Historical Whodunnit ... Davis' books make old Rome sounds fun ... it is all so enjoyable" The Times