Roy Adkins

Roy and Lesley Adkins are husband-and-wife authors of widely acclaimed books on naval history, archaeology and social history, which have been translated into seventeen languages. They include Jack Tar , Trafalgar , Gibraltar , The War for All the Oceans , The Keys of Egypt , The Handbook of British Archaeology , Empires of the Plain , Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece , Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome , Dictionary of Roman Religion , and Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England . They are...See more

Roy and Lesley Adkins are husband-and-wife authors of widely acclaimed books on naval history, archaeology and social history, which have been translated into seventeen languages. They include Jack Tar , Trafalgar , Gibraltar , The War for All the Oceans , The Keys of Egypt , The Handbook of British Archaeology , Empires of the Plain , Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece , Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome , Dictionary of Roman Religion , and Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England . They are Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Fellows of the Royal Historical Society and Members of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. They live in Devon. See less