Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricola: Architect of Roman Britain | 2021 | Simon S J A Turney | Buy |
S.J.A. Turney’s non-fiction output reflects the deep historical research that underpins his fiction. Agricola: Architect of Roman Britain (2021) is a biography of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, the Roman governor who pushed Roman control further into Britain than any predecessor.
The book draws on Tacitus’s biography of his father-in-law (Agricola was Tacitus’s father-in-law), archaeological evidence, and Turney’s own extensive visits to Roman sites across Britain. It served as the research foundation for his later Agricola fiction trilogy.