Paul Doherty

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born

September 21, 1946 in Middlesbrough, The United Kingdom

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 of a King, but an impostor as the real Edward II escaped from his prison in Berkeley Castle for exile in Italy. (less)

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Average rating: 3.77 · 4345 ratings · 424 reviews · 113 distinct works

	Satan in St Mary's (Hugh Corbett, #1) 386 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Mask of Ra (Amerotke, #1) 363 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Anubis Slayings (Amerotke, #3) 385 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Horus Killings (Amerotke, #2) 377 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Demon Archer (Hugh Corbett, #11) 392 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Corpse Candle (Hugh Corbett, #13) 380 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Slayers of Seth (Amerotke, #4) 384 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Nightingale Gallery (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #1) 386 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1991 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Angel of Death (Hugh Corbett, #4) 378 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Poisoner of Ptah (Amerotke, #6) 384 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Series by Paul Doherty

Hugh Corbett (17 books)
by Paul Doherty

380 avg rating — 1478 ratings

Amerotke (7 books)
by Paul Doherty

376 avg rating — 978 ratings

The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan (11 books)
by Paul Doherty, P. Harding

400 avg rating — 459 ratings

Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury (7 books)
by Paul Doherty

380 avg rating — 345 ratings

Ancient Rome (5 books)
by Paul Doherty

357 avg rating — 136 ratings

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