Gordon Doherty's Blog, page 11

Smuggling the Imperial Purple and Exploring the Ancient World - Q & A with Prue Batten

My Q&A with the award-winning author, Prue Batten

www.gordondoherty.co.uk/writeblog/qaw...

Legionary is FREE for 5 days on Amazon

To those who haven't tried my work yet, you can hop onto Amazon and grab a copy of the first book in my Legionary series for FREE:
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004SV2EBK
USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004SV2EBK

Offer lasts 5 days. Go, grab a copy... enjoy!

And here's the book page on GoodReads:

An update on me, my books and all that shebang...

You might have noticed I haven't launched a new book for a while now (some have noticed more keenly than others - slave drivers!). It's less than a year since Legionary: Gods & Emperors came out, though that feels like an age to me. I'm used to writing a book every 9 months or so - they are my babies after all - so as things stand I feel acutely conscious of every bookless day that passes beyond that span. And that's what this update is all about: to let you know where I'm at, what goodies you can expect in...

read full article at: http://www.gordondoherty.co.uk/writeb...

Byzan-tastic news!

Launch day!
Strategos: Rise of the Golden Heart, the audiobook, is now available:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-Golden-...

Legionary Arrives in Russia!

After a long wait, the Russian edition of Legionary is here!

http://www.gordondoherty.co.uk/writeb...

Land of the Sacred Fire in Amazon's May promo

Thanks to Amazon's 40% off May promo, the 'Legionary: Land of the Sacred Fire' paperback has been reduced to £5.99 for the duration of this month:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Legionary-La...

Woot!

My Next Writing Project

Me talking about my next writing project over at David's Book Blog:

https://davidsbookblurg.wordpress.com...

New Review Blog

So I've finally decided to pull my finger out and start (or resume) reviewing books as well as writing them. I've set up a review blog on my website:
http://www.gordondoherty.co.uk/reviews

...and I'll post the reviews here too.

Hope you like.

The Ancient City of Adrianople

As part of my research odyssey earlier this year, I visited the ancient Roman city of Adrianople (modern Edirne). Here's a travelogue of the history, pics & thoughts:

http://www.gordondoherty.co.uk/writeb...

Cheers!
Gordon

The Late Roman Legionary: Armour or No Armour?

Vegetius, the late Roman writer, claims that the late Roman legionary did not wear armour in battle. A striking claim, and a much debated one.

Grab a coffee and have a read of my take on it, here:

http://www.gordondoherty.co.uk/writeb...