Lawrence Norfolk





Lawrence Norfolk

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born
in London, The United Kingdom
January 01, 1963

gender
male

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About this author

Lawrence Norfolk (born 1963) is a British novelist known for historical works with complex plots and intricate detail. His novels are also known for their unusually large vocabulary.

He was born in London but lived in Iraq until 1967 and then in the West Country of England. He read English at King's College London and graduated in 1986. He worked briefly as a teacher and later as a freelance writer for reference book publishers.

In 1992, he won the Somerset Maugham Award for his first novel, Lemprière's Dictionary, about events surrounding the publication, in 1788, of John Lemprière's Bibliotheca Classica on classical mythology and history.

His second novel, The Pope's Rhinoceros, is based on the history of an actual animal also known as Dürer...more


Average rating: 3.63 · 1,365 ratings · 281 reviews · 10 distinct works · Similar authors
John Saturnall's Feast
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions
Lemprière's Dictionary
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 436 ratings — published 1991 — 22 editions
The Pope's Rhinoceros
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1999 — 15 editions
In the Shape of a Boar
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions
Ott's Sneeze
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002
Das Festmahl des John Satur...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012
The Oxford And Cambridge Ma...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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4.89 of 5 stars 4.89 avg rating — 28 ratings
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