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Historical Accuracy of A Body in the Bath House

Lindsay Davis’ A Body in the Bath House tells the story of Marcus Didius Falco, a private detective, out to solve yet another mystery in a far away land. The best part of this story is creativity, suspense, and mystery in the plot of a detective story. The downside to this story as a historical fiction novel is that it is a mystery/thriller set in a historical context (Ancient Britain). All but two of the characters are completely fictional, and none of the plot is relevant to really anything in a historical sense. Emperor Vespasian, King Togidubnus, “Togi’s” palace, and its surrounding areas are really the only true pieces of history that have anything to do with the novel.
Falco, a citizen of Rome and the protagonist, is only able to go to Britain because it has been invaded and parts of it conquered and controlled by the Romans. How did the Romans ever get to such a distant place, why would they want to go there? These are......

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