A novel set nearly two millennia in the past would be impossible to write without building on the careful scholarship of many researchers and archaeologists. The shelf illustrated contains some of the factual foundations beneath this fictional world.
These volumes, covering language, society, culture and the material world of late Roman Britain, enriched my story and provided a deep and fascinating window into the Roman world.
Highlights
Mick’s Archaeology, Mick Aston; ISBN: 978-0752414805
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue, John McWhorter; ISBN: 978-1592404940
Daily Life in Roman Britain, Lindsay Allason-Jones; ISBN: 978-1846450358
Drawing on Archaeology, Victor Ambrus; ISBN: 978-0752431444
Britain AD, Francis Pryor; ISBN: 978-0007181872
The Time Team Guide, Tim Taylor; ISBN: 978-1905026708
Very Short Introductions
The Celts, Barry Cunliffe; ISBN: 978-0192804181
The Anglo-Saxon Age, John Blair; ISBN: 978-0192854032
Druids, Barry Cunliffe; ISBN: 978-0199539406
Site Report
Neil Holbrook, Turkdean Roman Villa, Gloucestershire: Archaeological Investigations 1997-1998, Britannia, Vol. 35 (2004), pp. 39-76, Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies; ISSN: 0068113X, EISSN: 17535352
Video
Time Team’s Turkdean digs—and more—are available on DVD. Seven hours of the best reality TV ever made. Highly recommended!
The Very Best Time Team Digs; ASIN: B003Y73ZLW
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