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Yes, and the Cadfael books are wonderful [some of the first adult books I read.] I also like Shirley MacKay and Suzannah Gregory. Lindsey Davis' I enjoyed, until I could no longer get past the Americanisms.
I think this is another extension of the 21st century character mindset, escaping into the 1st/12th/17th century. And something we must be wary of. I'm writing Roman spy thrillers, so it is something that I'm wary of, not allowing 20th century Cold War style language in, and of course there are no phone-taps etc, but extensive networks of informers, and cloak and dagger [maybe toga and dagger ] stuff going on.
Mine seems to become murder mysteries with a side dose of early 20th century spies. I have a hard time wrapping my head around how amateurish they were...
ETA: The funny thing is that Lindsey Davis is British and I read a rant from her somewhere where she was upset because Americans wanted her to translate the books into American English because they found them hard to read. She said that British people have no problem reading American books and she couldn't see why vice-versa shouldn't be the same.