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Paul Doherty

Born

in Middlesbrough, The United Kingdom

September 21, 1946

Website

http://www.paulcdoherty.com/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, History

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He has been published under several pseudonyms: P.C. Doherty, Celia 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 th 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, Celia 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 ...more

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	The Nightingale Gallery (Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 2,361 ratings — published 1991 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Satan in St Mary's (Hugh Corbett, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 2,074 ratings — published 1986 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 3.88 avg rating — 1,684 ratings — published 1998 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 House of the Red Slayer (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 1,303 ratings — published 1992 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) by Paul Doherty, P.C. Doherty 4.18 avg rating — 1,211 ratings — published 1992 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Murder Most Holy (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #3) by Paul Doherty, P. Harding 4.31 avg rating — 1,095 ratings — published 1992 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Anger of God (Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #4) by Paul Doherty, P. Harding 4.34 avg rating — 1,054 ratings — published 1993 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Murder Wears a Cowl (Hugh Corbett, #6) 4.28 avg rating — 1,040 ratings — published 1992 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Crown in Darkness (Hugh Corbett, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 1,099 ratings — published 1988 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	By Murder's Bright Light (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #5) by Paul Doherty, P. Harding (Pseudonym) 4.36 avg rating — 1,016 ratings — published 1994 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 (23 books)
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Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury (7 books)
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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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“Always remember a useful dictum: every man born of woman is three persons; what he appears to be, what he claims to be and,’ he beamed round, ‘what he really is.”
― Paul Doherty, The House of the Red Slayer

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What books about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like to have as our Group Read in August 2018?

Blood Will Tell: A Medical Explanation of the Tyranny of Henry VIII by Kyra Cornelius Kramer

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The White Rose Murders by Paul Doherty

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Mary Rose: Tudor Princess, Queen of France. The Extraordinary Life of Henry VIII's Sister by David Loades

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Margaret Pole: The Countess in the Tower by Susan Higginbotham

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Anne of Cleves: Henry's Luckiest Wife by D. Lawrence-Young

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Amy Robsart: A Life and Its End by Christine Hartweg

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The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France by Maria Perry

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Anne Boleyn by Evelyn Anthony

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The Spanish Bride by Laurien Gardner

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Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett

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Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr by Linda Porter

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Will by Christopher Rush

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The Last Armada: Queen Elizabeth, Juan del Águila, and Hugh O'Neill: The Story of the 100-Day Spanish Invasion by Des Ekin

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Anne Seymour: Lady in Waiting to Henry VIII's Six Wives by Susan Higginbotham

3 votes, 4.0%

Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII by Giles Tremlett

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Six Wives of Henry VIII by Gladys Malvern

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