City of Gold and Shadows

Take an assortment of singular characters, one missing person and a generous helping of archaeology; when you blend them together you’ll likely get something like this, a whodunit by Ellis Peters set in her favourite area — the Welsh Marches — and based on the ruins of a fictional Roman city that is......more

Back to Ellis Peter's dependable romantic suspense/mystery series starring George False and excellently narrated, as always, by Simon Prebble. This adventure involves Roman artifacts, illegal sales, drama, and a little romance on the Welsh border. Always dependable, titles in this series are the per......more

Re-read of one of the later George Felse mysteries. Whether it’s the 19th or the 12th century, Peters’s books always make me want to head straight to Shrewsbury and the Welsh border.......more

One of her good ones, perhaps more so because I have given them a rest!! A murder or two and a mystery set on the site of a Roman `rest town` for legionaries on the Welsh border. Very light and enjoyable.......more

A good read. As typical, Ellis Peters gives us historically significant information about a Roman site, Aurae Phiala, which can be imagined to be the actual ruins of Viroconium, a city near Shopshire England. This includes a good description of "the Old Work" (an archway, part of the baths' frigidar......more