Dr Jane Draycott

Author of Cleopatra's Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen

Blog

  • Fulvia Unleashed

    My second popular history book, Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome, is now available to buy in hardback, trade paperback, e-book, and audiobook format! It was published by Atlantic Books… Read more

  • Pre-order Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome

    Six weeks today, on 3rd April 2025, my second popular history book, Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome, will be published and on sale in bookshops. There are proofs (also… Read more

  • A Day in the Life of an Academic on Research Leave

    I’ve been on research leave since September, my first period of institutional leave since I started working as an academic in September 2013. I had to apply for it, providing a plan and a projected… Read more

  • Cleopatra’s Daughter Published in Paperback

    Today (12th October 2023) marks the paperback publication of the UK edition of Cleopatra’s Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen. The paperback has a slightly different cover design to the original hardback with the… Read more

  • New Book Announcement!

    I’m delighted to announce that I’ve signed a contract with Atlantic Books for my second popular history book, A Thoroughly Rapacious Female: How Fulvia Played the Game, Broke All the Rule, Won and then Lost… Read more

  • Queens of Ancient Egypt Documentary

    Last year I went to Dublin for a day to film some talking head sequences for a documentary on Cleopatra Selene, and that documentary is now available to view in various places around the world!… Read more

  • Reading Recommendations!

    I was recently contacted by Shepherd.com as asked to provide a set of book recommendations. Since Cleopatra’s Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen/Cleopatra’s Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen is about an interesting… Read more

  • Reviews for Cleopatra’s Daughter

    The last two weeks has seen a couple of new reviews of my book come out in major publications. The first, of the British edition Cleopatra’s Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen, in the… Read more

Welcome to my blog!

Here you’ll find updates about what’s going on with my writing as well as general musings about my life as an academic at the University of Glasgow.