Saturnalia

Like visiting old friends in a familiar and endearing, if sometimes bizarre, environment. Jokes and skulduggery crowd the pages * Guardian *Every book in this series is a delight… fans will snap it up. Highly recommended * Library Journal *Falco wisecracks his way through the empire’s sleazy underside…Davis’ crimes are wickedly convoluted - real fun * Time Magazine *One of the best in this series, a nice mix of wit and wisecracks * Literary Review *Rome is vividly brought to life - alien yet curiously familiar. And the story gallops along at a tremendous pace with humour and suspense dispensed in equal measure. Saturnalia is another rollicking good yarn * Daily Express *Wit, excitement and surprises in ancient Rome * Woman & Home *Another entertaining adventure * Sunday Telegraph *Falco wisecracks his way through the empire’s sleazy underside … Davis’ crimes are wickedly convoluted - real fun * Time Magazine *

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.