Fiona Forsyth
@fionawriter
Historical fiction author and Rome geek, SoA, CWA, HWA
Out of curiosity, I tried to spin wool today. I shall never look at “lanam fecit” on a Roman lady’s tombstone without awe now.
A lovely portrait of Vespasian on this coin from Norwich Castle’s Boudicca exhibition. That is a very determined chin!
The oregano bush has proved the big hit of the summer with bees and butterflies.
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It’s the end of National Crime reading month so here are two slightly different Roman crime books. Remember to #PickUpAPageTurner! #BookSky
Almost at the end of June and National Crime Reading Month, and you get treated to some fine ancient crime for the next three days. You’re welcome! #PickUpAPageTurner
No theme today for National Crime reading month - just books I’ve read and enjoyed in the last year. #pickupapageturner
Just to be fair, I’d better cover Cambridge crime too for National Crime Reading Month #PickUpAPageTurner #BookSky
I’ve already covered Gaudy Night and The Moving Toyshop, so here is some more Oxford crime fiction for National Crime Reading Month #PickUpAPAgeTurner
Amazing poppy blooming today - and only today. Petals falling like a writer’s hopes of bestsellerdom
Crime fiction with a sense of place today for National Crime Reading Month #PickUpAPageTurner #booksky
Tuesday again, so time for more Tudor mysteries in National Crime Reading Month. #booksky #PickUpAPageTurner
We turn to the seventeenth century for today’s recommendations in National Crime Reading Month. #PickUpAPageTurner
For today in National Crime Reading Month I’m recommending this because I’ve just finished it and it was terrific! #PickUpAPageTurner
Murder in 1940s London for NationalCrime Reading Month today. #PickUpAPageTurner #BookSky
Here is some Monday Medieval crime for National Crime Reading month: #PickUpAPageTurner
Sunday in National Crime Reading Month and so I’m recommending some crime fiction starring vicars #PickUpAPageTurner
National Crime Reading Month in the UK and I’m recommending all sorts of crime fiction. Today two series by one author, Jill Paton Walsh. The first series is her Imogen Quy mysteries and the second her continuation of Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane mysteries. #BookSky#PickUpAPageTurner
Slightly unnerving plaster coffin mask from second century Egypt: Museum of Wigan Life.
I do love a historical mystery so today in National Crime Reading Month why not try out something from Roman Britain or Elizabethan England or Restoration times? #PickUpAPageTurner #Booksky
National Crime Reading Month and I’m picking some favourites every day #PickUpAPageTurner #booksky Today the first and maybe best Robert Goddard: