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Lindsey Davis

Born

in Birmingham, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1949

Website

http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction

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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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	The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 15,683 ratings — published 1989 — 110 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows in Bronze (Marcus Didius Falco, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 6,599 ratings — published 1990 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Venus in Copper (Marcus Didius Falco, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 5,923 ratings — published 1991 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Iron Hand of Mars (Marcus Didius Falco, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 5,431 ratings — published 1992 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poseidon's Gold (Marcus Didius Falco, #5) 4.12 avg rating — 4,812 ratings — published 1993 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Act in Palmyra (Marcus Didius Falco, #6) 4.04 avg rating — 4,263 ratings — published 1994 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Hands in the Fountain (Marcus Didius Falco, #9) 4.15 avg rating — 3,793 ratings — published 1996 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time to Depart (Marcus Didius Falco, #7) 4.09 avg rating — 3,708 ratings — published 1995 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dying Light in Corduba (Marcus Didius Falco, #8) 4.07 avg rating — 3,710 ratings — published 1996 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ides of April (Flavia Albia, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 3,894 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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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