Based on author's doctoral thesis, London University Institute of Archaeology, 1986.

Jason Monaghan's life has provided plenty of inspiration for writing historical thrillers. He trained as an archaeologist studying Roman pottery, but his career took unexpected twists, including investigating shipwrecks, a spell in offshore banking, working as an anti-money laundering specialist, and ultimately becoming a museum director. Now a full-time writer living in his native Yorkshire, he travels as often and as far as he can.