PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Ian Ross was born in England, and studied painting before turning to writing fiction. After a year in Italy teaching English and exploring the ruins of empire reawakened his early love for history, he returned to the UK with a fascination for the period known as late antiquity. His six-novel 'Twilight of Empire' series, set in the late Roman world, was published in the UK and worldwide between 2015 and 2019. More recently, he has turned his attentions to the medieval period, and in particular the tumultuous era of mid 13th Century England. He has been researching and writing historical fiction for over a decade, and his interests combine an obsessive regard for accuracy and detail with a devotion to the craft of storytelling. He lives in Bath, and travels widely.
PRAISE FOR THE SERIES:- A very promising historical adventure trilogy . . . This is A Knight's Tale, but with fewer jokes and more blood * The Times * Stirring, evocative and richly immersive * Ben Kane * Ross's writing is both muscular and poetic, with immaculate representation of the era's gritty truths * Anthony Riches * It has enough heart and emotional interest to engage those who aren't reading for endless pages of bash and slash, but enough gutsy material to satisfy the fight-orientated readers! * Elizabeth Chadwick * Ross brings the world of the 13th century to exciting, vivid, colourful life * Matthew Harffy * An unforgettable novel. Superb storytelling. Faultless research . An excellent, vivid and gripping Historical novel. I loved it * Carol McGrath * Battle Song is exciting and authentic and I flew through it * RJ Barker * I didn't simply read this book, I lived it, and I loved it * K.M. Ashman * An exciting and authentic novel of the Middle Ages * Harry Sidebottom * Truly excellent, magnificently researched, first-class historical fiction! * Angus Donald *
