Edwin Thomas (born 1977) is an English historical novelist. An historical novel is a Novel in which the story is set among historical events or more generally in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the Author He was born in 1977 in Frankfurt, West Germany, and grew up in Belgium and Connecticut, USA. He studied history at Lincoln College Oxford, where he met his future wife Emma and spent a lot of time doing theatre.
After three years working at a local actuarial firm to pay the bills, he decided to start working part-time and focus on writing, He saw an advert for the Debut Dagger competition. He entered it with the first chapter of what became The Blighted Cliffs and finished runner-up. Eventually, he found an agent and a publisher.
He currently lives in Clapham, South London. He writes naval historical novels about Napoleon wars centered around the eponymous lieutenant Martin Jerrold. The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions His other series, written under the pseudonym Tom Harper, is centered around the First Crusade. The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the dual goals of conquering the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and freeing
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Reluctant Adventures of Lieutenant Martin Jerrold
- The Blighted Cliffs (2003)
- Chains of Albion (2004)
- Treason's River (2006)
As Tom Harper
Crusade series
- The Mosaic of Shadows (2004)
- Knights of the Cross (2005)
- Siege of Heaven (2006)
Others
- The Lost Temple (2007)
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