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I'm absolutely delighted to announce that my new series "Age of Attila" will be published by @HarperCollins, a true giant of publishing!
Book I 'The Eagle & the Wolf' comes out in August.
Pre-order here: books2read.com/Attila1
#NewBook #HistFic #Roman #Attila
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My attempts to shoot a horsebow - similar to that used by the #Huns - ended in near disaster!
Watch till the end for the chance to WIN A VERY SPECIAL PRIZE!
Disclaimer: No postmen were harmed in the making of this video.
#Roman #AttilaTheHun #HistFic
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Your next summer read, on me.
Empires of Bronze: Son of Ishtar - FREE on @AmazonKindle
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"War is coming to the Bronze Age. It will be the cruellest war ever waged, and the Gods will gather to watch."
#HistFic #BronzeAge
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Some big news on the writing front - watch this space tomorrow! ๐โ๏ธ๐
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Not looking forward to the wet, cold January?
Why not escape to the sun-baked past with...
SON OF ISHTAR - 99p all January on Amazon UK!
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"Great historical military fiction."
@amazonkindle @amazonuk #HistFic #BronzeAge
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26 Nov 2025
๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ:
๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ... ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ
Read the entire LEGIONARY series - all ten volumes - in these two boxed sets.
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#Roman #HistFic
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13 Nov 2025
Relax, everyone, that's your November reading sorted...
...LEGIONARY is just 99p this month on Amazon UK!
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#Roman #HistFic
โญโญโญโญโญ โThis isnโt just a war storyโitโs a collapsing world, and youโre in the middle of it. Absolutely gripping.โ
โReader review
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28 Oct 2025
#OnThisDay 28th Oct AD 312, Constantine the Great clashed with his great rival, Maxentius, in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge - a clash that would change the Roman world forever. Read all about it in SONS OF ROME! โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ
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#History #HistoricalFiction
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1 Oct 2025
Empires of Bronze book I: Son of Ishtar - 99p on Amazon UK! October '25 only!
amazon.co.uk/Son-Ishtar-Empiโฆ
"War is coming to the Bronze Age. It will be the cruellest war ever waged, and the Gods will gather to watch..."
@amazonkindle @amazonuk #HistFic #BronzeAge
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28 Sep 2025
โก99p KINDLE COUNTDOWN DEAL - Amazon UK โก
LEGIONARY by Gordon Doherty
Join the ranks of Rome's finest warriors in this gripping historical adventure.
โHURRY! Countdown ends on Sunday, October 5, 2025
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@AmazonKindle #HistFic
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10 Sep 2025
Exciting news: For the first time ever, LEGIONARY has been selected for a run in Amazon UK's 'Prime Reading', meaning it is FREE to download if you subscribe to Amazon Prime in the UK!
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#AmazonPrime #PrimeReading @AmazonKindle
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Gordon Doherty, Author retweeted
26 Aug 2023
#OnThisDay, AD 1071, the Battle of Manzikert changed the course of history.
'Strategos' is the story of Apion, a boy born on the fault lines of a world at war. His adventures will take him into the eye of the storm, where his choices will define him.
Http://books2read.com/Strateโฆ
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14 Aug 2025
Today in #history 14th* August 388 AD - the Battle of the River Savus - The Eastern Army puts the usurper Magnus Maximus and his Western legions to flight.
Read all about it on my blog: gordondoherty.co.uk/writebloโฆ
#Roman #CivilWar
*Expecting to be challenged about the date ;-)
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9 Aug 2025
Today in #history
9th August 378 AD - the Battle of Adrianople - the Goths crush Rome's legions. Read all about it on my blog:
gordondoherty.co.uk/writebloโฆ #Roman
ALT Artwork by the late, great Angus McBride.
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1 Jun 2025
"Those last few chapters put ice in my veins, a lump in my throat and brought tears to my eyes."
My job, and the Legionary series, is done๐ฅฒ
31 May 2025
Legionary X: Devotio by Gordon Doherty - Review davidsbookblurg.co.uk/2025/0โฆ @GordonDoherty
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29 May 2025
#OnThisDay 29th May 1453, Constantinople fell to the Ottomans, and the last flame of the #RomanEmpire was snuffed out forever. Here's a wee short story I wrote about it years ago (very early attempt at writing, so forgive the heavy use of adjectives ๐) : gordondoherty.co.uk/intothebโฆ
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7 May 2025
Today (7th May) only - 99p on Amazon Kindle UK Daily Deal!
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