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M.C. Scott

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M. C. Scott is the pen name used by Scottish novelist Manda Scott for her Rome series of historical thrillers. Originally trained as a veterinary surgeon at the University of Glasgow, Scott first established herself as a crime writer; her debut novel, Hen’s Teeth, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, while No Good Deed received an Edgar Award nomination. She later turned to historical fiction with the acclaimed Boudica: Dreaming novels, which recreate the resistance to Roman rule in first-century Britain.

Written as M. C. Scott, the four-book Rome series begins with The Emperor’s Spy and follows Sebastos Pantera, an intelligence agent serving the Roman Empire during the reign of Nero. Combining political intrigue, espionage and military history, the novels encompass the Great Fire of Rome, conflict in Judaea, the disappearance of a legionary eagle and the turbulent Year of the Four Emperors. The series shares characters and a fictional world with Scott’s earlier Boudica novels, linking Roman imperial politics with the consequences of the conquest of Britain.

Periods and events

Battle of Watling Street61 CE Boudican Revolt60–61 CE Christianisation of Scandinaviac. 800–1200 CE First Jewish–Roman War66–73 CE Great Fire of Rome64 CE Prehistoryc. 3.3 million BCE–43 CE; ending varies by region Reign of Claudius41–54 CE Reign of Nero54–68 CE Roman Conquest of Britain43–87 CE Roman Judaea and Second Temple Society4 BCE–66 CE Year of the Four Emperors69 CE

Historical fiction

Historical fiction series by M.C. Scott (3 series)

Boudica Sequence in Order

by M.C. Scott 4 books 4.5(5,009)

Manda Scott’s four-volume Boudica sequence follows Breaca, the Eceni warrior who becomes Boudica, from childhood in pre-conquest Britain to the uprising against Roman occupation. The novels combine tribal politics, military conflict and the spiritual world of warriors and dreamers, presenting Roman expansion through the lives of people whose…

Rome in Order

by M.C. Scott 4 books 4.3(4,307)

M. C. Scott’s Rome series follows Sebastos Pantera, an imperial intelligence agent whose missions take him from Nero’s Rome to the eastern provinces and back into the capital during civil war. Set in the same fictional world as the Boudica novels, the sequence combines espionage with the political…

Storycuts in Order

by M.C. Scott 3 books 4.2(252)

The Storycuts group brings together three short digital releases published under the M. C. Scott name in 2011. They move beyond a single continuous setting: one collection links modern archaeology, prehistoric ritual and Pantera’s Roman past; Raven Feeder enters the Norse conversion of Orkney; and The Last Roman…

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