I loved Eboracum: The Village, and embarked on book two, The Fortress, with keen anticipation. I wasn’t let down. This is similarly well-written and populated with equally likeable and complicated characters. Not only do the original characters from The Village appear, but they’re joined by their relatives. I’m already looking forward to the next one.

I enjoyed Eboracum: The Village to no end. The characters were strong and even more minor characters were well-drawn. The various skirmishes, ambushes, and the pitched battles at 'Bran's Beck' and at Stannick [Venutius' defeat] were just as good as descriptions of others I've read elsewhere: vivid but not bloodbaths. I felt the novel was well-written and kept my interest throughout. Historical research was impeccable. I'm eager to follow next generations of the families.

Eboracum: Carved in Stone is the third in the Eboracum series and, unlike the previous two books, deals with historical events that are less well known (to me at least). These new characters are engagingly portrayed, being full of flaws, contradictions and fascinations. The female characters are all strong personalities with their own quirks and complications. The end left me wondering what happened next, since in the epilogue we see the emperor Hadrian being prompted to build a certain wall…