The Lost Celt by A.E. Conran5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I had to pull over and write it all down before I lost it. Four years later, I was stopped at a traffic light, when the idea for The Lost Celt came to me. Something about that phrase and one visual image particularly, stayed with me. I was sure that something needed to be written about it, but I didn't know what. They told me there were always more admissions on "certain nights," when war stories or natural disasters were in the news. The idea for The Lost Celt was sparked by a conversation with two friends, both ER doctors at our local VA Medical Center. So many of these were stories about living through, and returning from, war. ![]() I read a lot of historical fiction, especially the works of Rosemary Sutcliffe and Henry Treece, as well as Greek classics like Homer. I was at Vindolanda, a Roman fort, the day they discovered a Roman sandal. I’ve always loved history, and I was particularly fascinated by ancient history as a kid: Greek, Roman, Celtic, Viking and Egyptian. As a child I painted tiny Roman and Celtic soldiers and visited historic sites across the UK including walking Hadrian’s Wall. ![]()
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