Gordon Doherty is a Scottish

historical novel Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other t ...

ist whose works centre mainly on

Classical Antiquity Classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD centred on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations ...

Biography

Graduating from university with a degree in Physics, Gordon pursued a career in the science and technology sector. In his spare time, he studied history voraciously, and began working on his first ''Legionary'' novel - set in the late Roman Empire on the cusp of the Great Migration that would see many tribes including the Huns arrive at the empire's doorstep. Launched in 2011 during the self-publishing boom, ''Legionary'' proved to be a great success, and a launch pad for Gordon's writing career. He has gone on to write over twenty further novels, set in the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post- Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Medite ...

, Byzantium,

Classical Greece Classical Greece was a period of around 200 years (the 5th and 4th centuries BC) in Ancient Greece,The "Classical Age" is "the modern designation of the period from about 500 B.C. to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C." (Thomas R. Martin ...

and the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...

. These have been released both independently and through publishers like

Penguin Penguins ( order Sphenisciformes , family Spheniscidae ) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adapt ...

and Head of Zeus. Gordon now writes full-time and is represented by Watson, Little Ltd Literary Agency. He lives with his wife and cats near the ruins of the

Antonine Wall The Antonine Wall, known to the Romans as ''Vallum Antonini'', was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. Built some ...

Bibliography

Series

Legionary

*''Eagles in the Desert'' (2020) #''Legionary'' (2011) #''Viper of the North'' (2012) #''Land of the Sacred Fire'' (2013) #''The Scourge of Thracia'' (2015) #''Gods & Emperors'' (2015) #''Empire of Shades'' (2017) #''The Blood Road'' (2018) #''Dark Eagle'' (2020) #''The Emperor's Shield'' (2023)

Strategos

#''Born in the Borderlands'' (2011) #''Rise of the Golden Heart'' (2013) #''Island in the Storm'' (2014)

Empires of Bronze

#''Son of Ishtar'' (2019) #''Dawn of War'' (2020) #''Thunder at Kadesh'' (2020) #''The Crimson Throne'' (2021) #''The Shadow of Troy'' (2021) #''The Dark Earth'' (2022)

Rise of Emperors

(with

Simon Turney Simon Turney, born in Ripon, UK, is an English historical novelist with releases centered around Antiquity and Roman Times, the Knights Templar, and the early Ottoman Empire, writing often under the pseudonym SJA Turney. Biography Simon worked i ...

) #''Sons of Rome'' (2020) #''Masters of Rome'' (2021) #''Gods of Rome'' (2021)

Series contributed to

Assassin's Creed ''Assassin's Creed'' is an open-world, action-adventure, and stealth game franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil and its more advanced derivatives. Created by Patric ...

* ''

Assassin's Creed Odyssey ''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'' is a 2018 action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. It is the eleventh major installment in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series and the successor to 2017's '' Assassin's Cree ...

'' (2018)

HWA Short Story Collection

* ''Rubicon'' (2019) (with Nick Brown, Ruth Downie, Richard Foreman, Alison Morton, Anthony Riches, Antonia Senior, Peter Tonkin and L J Trafford)

References

External links

Author's official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doherty, Gordon Living people Scottish historical novelists 21st-century Scottish novelists Writers of historical fiction set in antiquity Scottish male novelists 1978 births