![]() When I’m not researching or writing the Ruso novels, I spend the occasional joyous week grovelling in mud with an archaeological trowel, because Roman Britain is still there. We have two grown-up sons, two three two cats at the last count, and an unknown number of badgers who live down a dark hole in the garden. I’ve been accompanied throughout this impossible mission by a patient husband. ![]() All I had to do was find out everything there was to know about Roman Britain, invent things to fill the gaps, and work out how to put it all together in a novel… Sheltering from the rain in a museum, I read, “Roman soldiers were allowed to have relationships with local women, but they were not allowed to marry them.” Obviously, here was a terrific story waiting to be told. Read her books and discover her complete book list and reading order. Author Website Gaius Petreius Ruso, a Roman army physician in second century Roman Britain, in the Medicus series: Medicus and the Disappearing Dancing Girls. Ruth Downie began her Medicus Investigation series in 2006 with the novel Medicus (aka Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls ). I wasn’t looking for them: we only went to Hadrian’s Wall because we thought our children should do something educational on holiday. Explore the books of Ruth Downie, bestselling author. In the meantime she is also the New York Times bestselling author of a mystery series featuring Roman doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso. She is best known for her mysteries featuring the reluctant sleuth, Gaius Petreius Ruso, that are set in the Roman world. Finally I took the plunge and started working on my own material.Īnd then came the Romans. Ruth (RS) Downie graduated from university with an English degree and a plan to get married and live happily ever after. Ruth Downie (born 18 April 1955, North Devon, United Kingdom) is a British author. ![]() As secretaries were replaced with computers, and my higher-flying contemporaries discovered to their horror that they were expected to type their own letters, there were fewer and fewer outlets for creativity in the office. Some of my earliest ventures into creative writing were attempts to type up my indecipherable shorthand in such a way that the boss wouldn’t realise I was making it up. I fear this will upset some readers, but I left university with an English degree and a plan to get married and live happily ever after. Terra Incognita Mar-2008 / Historical Mystery A Novel of the Roman Empire - 2 IN THE HINTERLANDS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. Some people know from a very early age that they are going to be writers: I wasn’t one of them. Downie locates each book in a different town, mostly around Roman Britain - this one set in Deva (Chester), and future volumes in other places. Book List in Order: 10 titles Medicus Mar-2007 / Historical Mystery A Novel of the Roman Empire - 1 THE BELOVED FIRST BOOK IN A NEW MYSTERY SERIES. I was lucky enough to be born in the West Country, in beautiful North Devon.
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