Honor Cargill-Martin is a writer, classicist and art historian.
A biography of the notorious Ancient Roman empress Messalina - published in May 2023 - is her first non-fiction title.
Honor read Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Oxford, where she won a scholarship before graduating with a first-class degree in 2019. She remained at Oxford to study for a masters degree in Greek and Roman History, graduating with a Distinction. Honor completed a second masters in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute in London, where she was awarded a Distinction for work focusing on the art of the Italian - and especially the Venetian - Renaissance.
She is currently studying for a doctorate focusing on political sex scandals in Ancient Rome at Christ Church Oxford.
Honor has published a number of fiction and non-fiction titles for children and teenagers.
Her first non-fiction book Messalina: A Story of Empire, Slander and Adultery tells the story of the 1st century AD Roman empress Messalina and, through her, Rome’s first dynasty.
She writes about ancient history (and sometimes its contemporary shadow) for publications including the New York Times and the Telegraph, as well as on her Substack, It’s All Ancient History.