Discover 'Journey to Britannia' with Bronwen Riley

This November, for our monthly Words on Wednesdays event, we’re delighted to welcome local author Bronwen Riley, with a reading  from ‘Journey to Britannia’ followed by a Q&A.

It is AD 130. Rome is the dazzling heart of a vast empire and Hadrian its complex and compelling ruler. Faraway Britannia is one of the Romans’ most troublesome provinces: a place where the sun is seldom seen and the atmosphere is always gloomy.

What awaits the traveller to Britannia? How do you get there? What do you need to pack? What language will you speak? How does London compare to Rome? Are there any tourist attractions? And what dangers lurk along Hadrian’s new Wall?

Discover the perils and pleasures of life in Roman Britain in this the 1900^th anniversary year of the building of Hadrian’s Wall with author Bronwen Riley

Bronwen Riley is an author, editor and journalist with a special interest in the Classical world and Romania, both life-long passions. She devises historical and literary journeys and events and lives in the Lake District.

‘A must for all interested in the Roman empire and Roman Britain’ David Breeze, British Archaeology

‘An artful combination of history, archaeology and the imagination’ Mary Beard, New York Review of Books

‘An erudite and fascinating work’ Jan Morris, New York Times

Riley manages to bring multi-faceted, polyglot and multi-cultural Roman Britain to vibrant life’ Country Life