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Ruth Downie
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February 2009
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Medicus (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #1)
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2006
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48 editions
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Terra Incognita (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #2)
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2008
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33 editions
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Persona Non Grata (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #3)
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2008
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30 editions
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Caveat Emptor (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #4)
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2010
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27 editions
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Semper Fidelis (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #5)
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2013
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11 editions
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Tabula Rasa (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #6)
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2014
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9 editions
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Vita Brevis (Gaius Petreius Ruso #7)
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2016
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10 editions
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Memento Mori (Gaius Petreius Ruso #8)
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2018
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8 editions
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A Year of Ravens
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2015
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6 editions
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Prima Facie (Gaius Petreius Ruso #7.5)
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2019
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6 editions
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Eboracum Roman Festival 2022
After a gap of 2 (or 1600) years, depending on how you view it, the Romans were back in York last weekend. It was a joy to spend time with visitors, Romans, readers, writers and even the occasional barbarian. A few pics and possibly a snip of video will follow:
What are you doing for the next 20 years? Why not join these friendly soldiers in the Roman army?
The Centurion will tell you w
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Eboracum Roman Festival 2022
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Yes it was a grand weekend, Ken! All legions now safely returned to base and hoping to meet up again next year.
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This sounds great! Please could you enter me in the draw, Ian? Thank you!
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Season’s Greetings
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Thank you Ken! Both for the good wishes and for spreading the word about Ruso and Tilla.
Happy New Year to you and yours! Ruth 😊 " |
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Ruth Downie
voted for
The Rose Code
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Best Historical Fiction
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Final Round
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2021 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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“One of the many difficult things about women was that they tended to pick the most unsuitable times to tell you something they considered to be important, and then became irrationally upset when you failed to remember it.”
― Terra Incognita
― Terra Incognita
“I seem to remember sitting on a golden bench, and she started chattering about the sunset, or something. She seemed quite happy so I let her get on with it. Then she got hold of my hand and asked me what I was thinking about. So I said, "The treatment of anal fistulae".”
― Terra Incognita
― Terra Incognita
“Back from where? you're not going out again and leaving me here are you?? Holy Hercules I sound like somebody's wife”
― Terra Incognita
― Terra Incognita
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“If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.”
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“Running a close second [as a writing lesson] was the realization that stopping a piece of work just because it's hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and sometimes you're doing good work when it feels like all you're managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position.”
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