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You can find all the details of my books and a little bit about me on this website. I also enjoy discussions with readers on my Facebook page. Here are some of most recent posts:

Researching the next novel (which will be non-Roman). Enjoying it hugely. Wondering how long I can keep the subject matter quiet!

78 likes, 20 comments ⋅ 2 weeks ago

World's oldest intact shipwreck discovered in Black Sea

More details on the quite incredible findings from the Black Sea…I cannot wait to read more about this. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/23/oldest-intact-shipwreck-thought-to-be-ancient-greek-discovered-at-bottom-of-black-sea

World's oldest intact shipwreck discovered in Black Sea World's oldest intact shipwreck discovered in Black Sea theguardian.com Archaeologists say the 23-metre vessel has lain undisturbed for more than 2,400 years

76 likes, 6 comments ⋅ 2 weeks ago

Pompeii's destruction date could be wrong

Old news, but it’s proof at last that Vesuvius erupted months later than August 79 AD – as we portrayed in A Day of Fire! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45874858

Pompeii's destruction date could be wrong Pompeii's destruction date could be wrong bbc.com Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August, 79 AD - or at least, that's what historians thought until now.

79 likes, 2 comments ⋅ 3 weeks ago

Took the kids to the New Scientist exhibition in London yesterday. I heartily recommend it – there are scores and scores of stands manned by..

63 likes, 21 comments ⋅ 1 month ago

It’s always an odd feeling, clicking on ‘Send’ when you have finished a book. Just done that with ‘The Falling Sword’. It’s not ‘done done’,..

160 likes, 10 comments ⋅ 1 month ago

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