Trier In The Edward Ware Thrillers: Evocative Location
Trier appears more than once in the Edward Ware Thrillers at War Series. Why? It has some of the best preserved Roman ruins in Europe, even better than Italy in many respects. It is a tempting, atmospheric place that reminds one of the beginnings of history and the beginnings of Edward’s family, the Wares. It has a Roman baths, a Roman bridge, the Porta Nigra as a city gate, and old walls.
Trier is featured in the Cherusci Plot and its epilogue as the city where the Roman governors of Germania sat. I imagine an ancient Roman palace there that is reminiscent of the city palace that now stands. I can see Pliny the Elder feeding birds in an upstairs room as he writes his Natural History, the first encyclopedia in Western civilization. He was the governor there right before the eruptiion of Vesuvius
Dora and Edward also visit the town with Hitler in Hitler’s Spy part 1 nearly 2000 years later. The sphinx statue in front of the Palace reminds them of the villainess, Helga von Wessel. Plenty of intrigue takes place as befits so mysterious and evocative a place. 