Sample of authors
Claudel, Philippe
French author and film director born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe near Nancy where he still lives together with his wife and daughter. His father was in the French resistance, which sparked an interest in how the local population coped during WWII, although his books are mostly concerned with WWI.
Claudel was educated in Nancy and Bichat Luneville. After graduation, he did odd jobs at the same time...
Literary figures
Gordianus
Gender: Female
He is called Gordianus the Finder, and is a private investigator in ancient Rome in the days of Julius Caesar. ‘Lawyers’ and orators like Cicero are some of the people who use his services in historical crime novels by Steven Saylor. Gordianus’ wife is the Egyptian Bethesda, previously his concubine whom he had bought as a slave. He lives in Rome until he inherits a farm in Etruria, but later move...