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Lindsey Davis (born 1949) is an English historical novelist, best known as the author of the Falco series of historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire. ==Biography== Davis was born in Birmingham and after taking a degree in English literature at Oxford University (Lady Margaret Hall),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=LMH, Oxford - Prominent Alumni )〕 she became a civil servant. She left the civil service after 13 years, and when a romantic novel she had written was runner up for the 1985 ''Georgette Heyer Historical Novel Prize'', she decided to become a writer, writing at first romantic serials for the UK women's magazine ''Woman's Realm''. The dedication of her 2009 work ''Rebels and Traitors'' is "For Richard / dearest and closest of friends / your favourite book / in memory", and the author's website tells that "I am still getting used to life without my dear Richard. For those of you who haven't seen this before, he died in October ()".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lindsey's page )〕 The author says in her publisher's newsletter: "The greatest recommendation I can give is that Richard, its first reader, thought it wonderful. He devoured chunks, demanding ‘Bring more story!’ even when he was in hospital. One of the last things I was ever able to tell him was that ''Rebels and Traitors'' was to be published by Random House, so I would be working with dear friends for his favourite book." Davis suffered from the eye condition keratoconus from childhood, and in adulthood had a corneal transplant: she says "A stranger's generosity freed me from years of pain and anxiety", and urges her readers to carry a donor card.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/lindseyspage.htm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lindsey Davis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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