Biography
Rosemary Aitken was born in Cornwall but spent much of her early life in New Zealand. Her professional career was spent teaching English Language and she has written a number of textbooks on this subject. Her first historical novel, ''The Girl from Penvarris'', was published in 1995, the first in a series set in a fictional Cornish village. Under the name Rosemary Rowe she has written a series of historical mysteries, set in and around the Roman town of Glevum, (modern-day Gloucester). The detective in the stories, named Libertus, is a pavement-maker, whose expertise in mosaic patterns parallels his skill in resolving puzzling crimes.Bibliography
Cornish Sagas
* ''The Girl from Penvarris'' (1995) * ''The Tinner's Daughter'' (1996) * ''Cornish Harvest'' (1998) * ''Stormy Waters ''(2000) * ''The Silent Shore'' (2001) * ''The Granite Cliffs'' (2002) * ''A Cornish Maid'' (2010) * ''Flowers for Miss Pengelly.'' * ''The Blacksmiths Daughter''.Libertus Roman mysteries
# ''The Germanicus Mosaic'' (1999) # ''A Pattern of Blood'' (2000) # ''Murder in the Forum'' (2001) # ''The Chariots of Calyx'' (2002) # ''The Legatus Mystery'' (2003) # ''The Ghosts of Glevum'' (2004) # ''Enemies of the Empire'' (2005) # ''A Roman Ransom'' (2006) # ''A Coin for the Ferryman'' (2007) # ''Death at Pompeia's Wedding ''(2008) # ''Requiem for a Slave ''(2010) # ''The Vestal Vanishes ''(2011) # ''A Whispering of Spies ''(2012) # ''Dark Omens ''(2013) # ''The Fateful Day ''(2014) # ''The Ides of June ''(2016) # ''The Price of Freedom '' (2018) # ''A Prisoner of Privilege '' (2019) # ''A Dreadful Destiny '' (2021)Novels
* ''Against the Tide'' (2004) * ''The Tregenza Girls'' (2006) * ''From Penvarris with Love'' (2008) *"Flowers for Miss Pengelly" (2012)Textbooks
* ''Make up Your Mind'' (1982) * ''Teaching Tenses'' (2002) * ''Writing a Novel: A Practical Guide'' (2003) * ''Teach Yourself, Creative Writing Masterclass: Writing Crime Fiction'' (2014)References
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