If you don't know, Forgotten Books is a website "discovering and republishing formerly out of print books". Translation : It publishes public domain works, scraping books uploaded to Project Gutenberg, and titles posted to Google Books, then republishes them under its own imprint. These books … [Read more...]
Flavia Albia in order
A new series from Lyndsey Davis, first published in 2013. The heroine is Falco’s adopted daughter, Flavia Albia, who has grown from a troubled teenager to a feisty widow and who is an investigator in her own right. The series begins in 89 CE, shifting the background from the reign of jovial … [Read more...]
Marcus Didius Falco
Curriculum Vitae Born AD41, Rome, Italy, to M. Didius Favonius (aka Geminus) and Junilla Tacita. Plebian rank, father an auctioneer. Brother M. Didius Festus, legio XV Apollinaris, killed AD68, Bethel, Judaea; awarded Palisaded Crown. Marriage: Helena Justina, d of D. Camillus Verus, senator, … [Read more...]
Falco Novels in order
Marcus Didius Falco was born in March 41 CE into a plebian family, joined the army in 59 CE and served with the Second Augusta (Legio II Augusta, a legion subsequently disgraced) in Britain during the Boudiccan Revolt. After being invalided out of the army, he set himself up as a Delator, a … [Read more...]
Lindsey Davis
Lindsey Davis, English historical novelist, has written most of her books in that difficult genre, the historical whodunnit. Falco the Informer The resourceful, bantering Marcus Didius Falco is the narrator in the Falco series, somewhat of a Sam Spade in Ancient Rome, a tough guy with an … [Read more...]
Italian Teens can choose Culture
Early in November, the Italian government launched a 'cultural initiative' giving young adults a 500 euro "cultural bonus" on their 18th birthday to spend on "books, concert tickets, theatre tickets, cinema tickets, museum visits, and trips to national parks". 18-year-olds born in 1998 will be … [Read more...]