Paul Doherty

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born

in Middlesbrough, The United Kingdom

September 21, 1946

gender

male

website

http://www.paulcdoherty.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, History

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He has been published under several pseudonyms: P.C. Doherty, C.L. Grace, Paul Harding, Ann Dukthas, Vanessa Alexander, Michael Clynes and Anna Apostolou but now writes only under his own name.

Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough (North-Eastern England) in 1946. He had the usual education before studying at Durham for three years for the Catholic priesthood but decided not to proceed. He went to Liverpool University where he gained a First Class Honours Degree in History and won a state scholarship to Exeter College, Oxford, whilst there he met his wife Carla Lynn Corbitt. He continued his studies but decided that t...more Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

He has been published under several pseudonyms: P.C. Doherty, C.L. Grace, Paul Harding, Ann Dukthas, Vanessa Alexander, Michael Clynes and Anna Apostolou but now writes only under his own name.

Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough (North-Eastern England) in 1946. He had the usual education before studying at Durham for three years for the Catholic priesthood but decided not to proceed. He went to Liverpool University where he gained a First Class Honours Degree in History and won a state scholarship to Exeter College, Oxford, whilst there he met his wife Carla Lynn Corbitt. He continued his studies but decided that the academic world was not for him and became a secondary school teacher.

Paul worked in Ascot, Nottingham and Crawley West Sussex before being appointed as Headmaster to Trinity Catholic School in September 1981. Trinity is a large comprehensive [1700 on roll] which teaches the full ability range, ages 11-18. The school has been described as one of the leading comprehensives in the U.K. In April, 2000 H. M. Inspectorate describe it as an 'Outstanding School', and it was given Beacon status as a Centre of Excellence whilst, in the Chief Inspector’s Report to the Secretary of State for January 2001, Trinity Catholic High School was singled out for praise and received a public accolade.

Paul’s other incarnation is as a novelist. He finished his doctorate on the reign of Edward II of England and, in 1987, began to publish a series of outstanding historical mysteries set in the Middle Age, Classical, Greek, Ancient Egypt and elsewhere. These have been published in the United States by St. Martin’s Press of New York, Edhasa in Spain, and Eichborn, Heyne, Knaur and others in Germany. They have also been published in Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, Romania, Estonia, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Bulgaria, Portugal and China, as well as Argentina and Mexico.

He has been published under several pseudonyms (see the bibliography): C. L. Grace, Paul Harding, Ann Dukthas and Anna Apostolou but now writes only under his own name. He recently launched a very successful series based around the life of Alexander the Great, published by Constable & Robinson in the U.K., and Carroll and Graf in the U.S.A., whilst his novels set in Ancient Egypt have won critical acclaim. Paul has also written several non-fiction titles; A Life of Isabella the She-wolf of France, Wife of Edward II of England, as well as study of the possible murder of Tutankhamun, the boy Pharaoh of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, and a study on the true fate of Alexander the Great.

Paul and Carla live on the borders of London and Essex, not far from Epping Forest and six of their children have been through his own school. His wife Carla currently owns two horses and is training, for showing and dressage, a beautiful Arab filly named Polly.

Paul lectures for a number of organisations, particularly on historical mysteries, many of which later feature in his writings. A born speaker and trained lecturer Paul Doherty can hold and entertain audiences.

His one great ambition is to petition the Privy Council of England to open the Purbeck marble tomb of Edward II in Gloucester Cathedral. Paul believes the tomb does not house the body(less)

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Average rating: 3.83 · 7,546 ratings · 561 reviews · 93 distinct works · Similar authors

	Satan in St Mary's (Hugh Corbett, #1) 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 1986 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mask of Ra (Amerotke, #1) 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nightingale Gallery (Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #1) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1991 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anubis Slayings (Amerotke, #3) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Horus Killings 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Demon Archer (Hugh Corbett, #11) 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Slayers of Seth (Amerotke, #4) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corpse Candle (Hugh Corbett, #13) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Angel of Death (Hugh Corbett, #4) 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince of Darkness (Hugh Corbett, #5) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hugh Corbett (17 books)
by Paul Doherty
3.8597442851607906 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 2,581 ratings

Amerotke (7 books)
by Paul Doherty
3.817953546767106 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,593 ratings

The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan (12 books)
by Paul Doherty, P. Harding
4.031746031746032 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,008 ratings

Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury (7 books)
by Paul Doherty
3.8568738229755177 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 531 ratings

Ancient Rome (5 books)
by Paul Doherty
3.6872427983539096 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 243 ratings

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“Believe me, Athelstan, you can wrap a dog's turd in a cloth of gold but it remains a dog's turd.”
― Paul Doherty

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“They treat me like some sort of pet cat but claws I have, and claws I will use”
― Paul Doherty, The Mask of Ra

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