Elsye Harwood

Research and Resources

What follows is merely a few of the resources I’ve used for research over the years.

As I started making this list, I realised that I’d changed laptops at the beginning of the year so the pages I’d used for research to support my published books have been lost.

Which means all the excellent pages on Roman medicine and herbs used by the physicians in the Roman Army has gone.

This is a real pain to say the least, so I’ll have to build up my links again from scratch.

I’ve tried to remember some of the pages but I’m sorry that I can’t remember any more.

This is a work in progress and I will continue to update this section as I work.

What follows only covers the stories I’ve written in 2017.

Please feel free to ask any questions or correct any errors you find.

Books used for Rome and the Ancient World including Mesopotamia

A history of Roman Britain by Peter Salway.

Roman Britain. A source Book. By S. Ireland

Daily life in Ancient Rome by Jerome Carcopino. (indispensable)

Classical Compendium by Philip Matyszaks (amusing and entertaining.)

Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day by Philip Matyszaks (excellent resource. Once again indispensable.)

A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities by J.C McKeown

A Handbook to Life In Ancient Rome. By Lesley Adkins and Roy A. Adkins

Rome And Her Empire by Barry Cunliffe

I, Claudius by Robert Graves.

Myths of Greece And Ancient Rome by Thomas Bulfinch

I have so many books on classical myth I simply chose one at random, but I have to include Fraser’s The Golden Bough.

Th Golden Bough by Sir James Fraser

The White goddess by Robert Graves.

Ancient Inventions by Peter James and Nick Thorpe

Women’s life in Greece and Rome by Mary R. Lefkowitz and Maureen B. Fant

T.V programmes and Films used for Rome and the Ancient World

I, Claudius by Robert Graves.

Rome, BBC2 and HBO T.V series.

Centurion. 2010 film

The Eagle. 2011 film

The Roman Painted House in Dover.

The Roman Museum in Canterbury.

Various TV programmes on the Romans and the Ancient World. There was an especially good one presented by the actor Larry Lamb.

Sex and the Church TV series by Diarmaid MacCulloch

Meet The Romans, TV series and Pompeii new evidence by Mary Beard

Jerusalem: the making of a Holy City, TV series Simon Sebag Montefiore

Rome: The History of the Eternal city by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Miscellaneous books

Costume Through the Ages by Erhard Klepper

The Chronicles of Western Costume by John Peacock.

Habsburg and Bourbon Europe by Roger Lockyer

A few webpages

I have included the Wikipedia pages I’ve used for my initial preliminary research to see if something will fit into my stories. These often have useful links to other reference pages which I then go on to use if the item fits.

For things, mystical and magical

http://www.angelpaths.com/

This will have everything you need from crystals to tarot. A wonderful site run by an amazing woman who is as wise and compassionate as she is knowledgeable and funny.

Symbols and Meanings

http://symboldictionary.net/?p=1083

http://symboldictionary.net/?page_id=3315

Miscellaneous stuff not yet used.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelian

wiki page on Aurelian. Used or brief info

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Invictus#Aurelia...

initial info on the Sol Invictus. And the Temple of Bel which I researched for a short story in the Custodians universe I haven’t written yet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Bel

Webpages for Books

Books in The Custodians Series, book and short stories

The Cyprids; the Seventh book of the Custodians’ series

This webpage was used extensively for The Cyprids the Seventh Custodians book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish-man

Below are some webpages used for the same book.

http://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2016/08/21/10-gre...

http://dubm.de/en/u-boats-in-spain/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_vessel#Tradi...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=San+Vicente+de+l...:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wewelsburg#Other_act...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddri...