Rosemary Aitken


Rosemary Aitken is an English author, who has written a number of academic textbooks and historical novels under her own name, and a series of whodunnits set in Roman Britain under the pen name of Rosemary Rowe.
Her writings are similar to those of Philip Boast, Gloria Cook and Winston Graham.
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Biography

Rosemary Aitken was born in Penzance, Cornwall but spent much of her early life in New Zealand where she pursued higher education, obtaining a B.A. from Sydney University in 1961 and an M.A. with honors from Victoria University in 1962. 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,. The detective in the stories, named Libertus, is a pavement-maker, whose expertise in mosaic patterns parallels his skill in resolving puzzling crimes.
After living and lecturing in Gloucestershire for many years, Aitken returned to Cornwall in 2007. She now resides in a wooded area near Truro and the Fal. She is the mother of two adult children and has grandchildren residing in both New Zealand and Cambridgeshire.

Cornish Sagas

The Girl from Penvarris The Tinner's Daughter Cornish Harvest Stormy Waters The Silent Shore The Granite Cliffs A Cornish Maid Flowers for Miss Pengelly
  • ''The Cornish Blacksmiths Daughter''

Libertus Roman mysteries

  1. The Germanicus Mosaic
  2. A Pattern of Blood
  3. Murder in the Forum
  4. The Chariots of Calyx
  5. The Legatus Mystery
  6. The Ghosts of Glevum
  7. Enemies of the Empire
  8. A Roman Ransom
  9. A Coin for the Ferryman
  10. Death at Pompeia's Wedding
  11. Requiem for a Slave
  12. The Vestal Vanishes
  13. A Whispering of Spies
  14. Dark Omens
  15. The Fateful Day
  16. The Ides of June
  17. The Price of Freedom
  18. A Prisoner of Privilege
  19. ''A Dreadful Destiny ''

Novels

Against the Tide The Tregenza Girls From Penvarris with Love
  • ''Flowers for Miss Pengelly''

Textbooks

Make up Your Mind Teaching Tenses Writing a Novel: A Practical Guide