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July 20, 2018

The bitter end to the Gothic War

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The Blood Road

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Published on July 20, 2018 03:07 • Tags: gothic-war, late-antiquity, roman-empire

July 15, 2018

Timeline of the Gothic War

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Legionary: The Blood Road

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Published on July 15, 2018 04:51 • Tags: gothic-war, late-antiquity, roman-empire

July 13, 2018

Legionary 7 Goodies

Legionary: The Blood Road goodies: videos, artwork, maps, diagrams and more:
www.gordondoherty.co.uk/legionary/leg...

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Published on July 13, 2018 08:12 • Tags: bonus-material, historical-fiction, roman-empire, war-story

July 8, 2018

Legionary: The Blood Road - the official trailer

So I tried my hand at video editing this weekend and - with the help of some very talented musicians and artists (Dafydd Bullock and Simon Walpole), I came up with this!
https://youtu.be/-404BZ59uN8

Enjoy, and let me know what you think.

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Published on July 08, 2018 04:21 • Tags: booktrailer, historicalfiction, legionary, newbook, roman, roman-empire

June 29, 2018

Legionary: The Blood Road

Legionary volume 7 'The Blood Road' will be published on 10th July, and is available for pre-order now!

http://getbook.at/Legionary7

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Published on June 29, 2018 06:30 • Tags: late-antiquity, legionary, roman, roman-empire, war

December 10, 2017

Forged in Fire!

getBook.at/ForgedInFire - a spanking new boxed set out in time for Christmas, featuring books by SJA Turney, Prue Batten and Gordon Doherty

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Published on December 10, 2017 09:24 • Tags: apion, byzabtium, caesar, fronto, histfic, purple, rome, strategos, tobias, triptych, war

November 8, 2017

Win a copy of the Strategos Trilogy!

I've teamed up with Ancient History Encyclopedia to offer a free copy of the Strategos trilogy. All you have to do is enter the draw here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...

Strategos: The Complete Trilogy

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Published on November 08, 2017 01:27 • Tags: apion, byzantium, constantinople, manzikert

August 10, 2017

The Strategos boxed set

The Strategos Trilogy is now available as a boxed set - bit of a bargain for anyone you know who hasn't read the individual titles yet.

http://getbook.at/StrategosTrilogy

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Published on August 10, 2017 03:33 • Tags: byzantine, manzikert, roman

July 19, 2017

3 Free copies of 'Legionary: Empire of Shades' up for grabs

The Goodreads giveaway starts today - enter now!
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Legionary Empire of Shades by Gordon Doherty

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Published on July 19, 2017 02:43 • Tags: giveaway, histfic, roman

July 7, 2017

A Violent Aftermath...

In late 378 AD, the Eastern Roman Empire was in pieces. Emperor Valens lay dead on the plains of Adrianople, surrounded by the corpses of his best generals and legions. Victorious, the Goths of Fritigern roamed all over the land of Thracia (modern day European Turkey and Bulgaria) like conquerors, and with no emperor or army to curtail or contest them, it must have felt like the end of the world to the Roman people – holed up in the few high-walled cities capable of resisting the Goths...

Read it all at:

https://davidsbookblurg.co.uk/2017/07...