Ebook {Epub PDF} Ovid by David Wishart

 · Because David Wishart's research is so reliable, the intricacies of his plots tend to open one's mind to historical possibilities. His take on the reasons for Ovid's exile is not necessarily far-fetched; anyone who watched the series "I, Claudius," will be happy to accept that the Romans plotted as they drew breath/5(). Ovid was the first Corvinus book. After I Virgil (which isn’t historical crime but should’ve been) what I wanted to do was ‘solve’ a historical mystery, plausibly and keeping firmly within the framework of the historical facts, neither altering nor inventing. I wanted, too, to use real people as far as possible. Corvinus and Perilla are (were) both real. Because David Wishart's research is so reliable, the intricacies of his plots tend to open one's mind to historical possibilities. His take on the reasons for Ovid's exile is not necessarily far-fetched; anyone who watched the series "I, Claudius," will be happy to accept that the Romans plotted as they drew breath/5().

Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Marcus Corvinus Mysteries: Ovid by David Wishart (, Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! The novel was an absolute pleasure to read. If you liked works by Lindsey Davis, Steven Saylor, Ruth Downie etc., you really need to read Wishart's Ovid as well. Side note: I started to binge-read the rest of the series (up to book 7 between the time I finished the novel and got to publish this post). I leave detailed individual reviews on. David Wishart Studied Classics at university and then went on to teach the subject at school for a few years, before becoming a professional, and indeed prolific, author of crime novels. This was a similar career path to that followed by Colin Dexter, creator of Chief Inspector Morse, who briefly taught Classics at my old school (though he left.

Find Ovid by Wishart, David at Biblio. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Ovid (Marcus Corvinus Series) by David Wishart Ovid is the first book in The Marcus Corvinus Series, an amateur detective series set in Ancient Rome, during the reign of Tiberius. Augustus, the first Emperor of Rome, was Tiberius's step-father. Historical crime writer David Wishart was born in Arbroath, Scotland. He studied Classics - Latin and Greek - at Edinburgh University and after graduation taught for four years in a secondary school. He then retrained as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language and worked abroad for eleven years, in Kuwait, Greece and Saudi Arabia.