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Ross Laidlaw


Born
Aberdeen, Scotland
Genre
Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers


Ross Laidlaw is a Scottish writer of historical, thriller and spy fiction.

Laidlaw was born in Aberdeen and now lives in East Lothian. He attended the University of Cambridge and has spent time working and traveling in southern Africa. In 1979, while working as a geography and history teacher at Belhaven Hill School near Dunbar, Laidlaw's first book was released, The Lion is Rampant, receiving significant praise. He has since released five more books with the most recent being Justinian: The Sleepless One which was released in 2010. ...more

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Average rating: 3.46 · 185 ratings · 25 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors
Attila: The Scourge of God
3.49 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions
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Theoderic
3.32 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions
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Justinian: The Sleepless One
3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions
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Aphra Behn: Dispatch'd from...
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The Linton Porcupine
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions
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The lion is rampant
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“ABC I taught you when dealing with the Romans. A: accept nothing; B: believe nobody; C: check everything.”
― Ross Laidlaw, Theoderic: Imitation of an Emperor
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“If, simply by nodding, you would acquire great riches, but at the same time bring about the death of an unknown mandarin in distant China – would you nod?”
― Ross Laidlaw, Justinian: The Sleepless One
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“Nothing is lost; destruction is only a name for a change of substance Lucretius, On the Nature of Things, c. 50 BC”
― Ross Laidlaw, Justinian: The Sleepless One
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