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William Watson


Born
in Edinburg, The United Kingdom
April 30, 1931

Died
December 05, 2005

Genre
Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers


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William Watson was a Scottish author, playwright and newspaper editor. He was initially Literary and then Features editor of the Scotsman newspaper. Born in Edinburgh he attended Edinburgh Academy and then entered Edinburgh and Oxford universities but did not complete either course.

He commenced writing novels in 1969 with Better than One and then two historical novels entitled Beltran in Exile (1979) [also known as The Last of the Templars:] about the Crusaders and The Knight on the Bridge (1982) about the Cathars. These two latter books are generally regarded as his best works.

Between 1970 and 1972 he wrote two pla ...more

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Average rating: 3.46 · 112 ratings · 21 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors
Last of the Templars
3.49 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1979 — 9 editions
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The Knight on the Bridge
3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1982 — 6 editions
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Better Than One
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1970 — 2 editions
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