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Colin Falconer

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Colin Falconer is a British-born Australian author of historical adventure fiction and thrillers. Born and raised in London, he began his career as an advertising copywriter before working as a journalist, magazine columnist and scriptwriter for radio and television. He became a full-time novelist at the age of thirty-five and has travelled extensively to research the landscapes and cultures featured in his books. He now lives in Australia with his wife.

Falconer’s historical novels range widely across periods and continents. When We Were Gods reimagines the life of Cleopatra, The Sultan’s Harem explores the court of Süleyman the Magnificent, and Feathered Serpent, also published as Aztec, centres on Malinche and the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Other works include Silk Road, Stigmata, Colossus and East India. His fiction combines political intrigue, romance and fast-moving adventure with settings that include ancient Egypt, medieval Europe, the Ottoman Empire, colonial India and the wider Asian world.

Periods and events

1948 Arab–Israeli War1948–1949 CE Albigensian Crusade1209–1229 CE Aztec Empire1428–1521 CE Carthage814–146 BCE Crusader States1098–1291 CE East India Company Ascendancy1757–1833 CE Fall of Granada1492 CE Great Depression1929–1939 CE History of the Americasc. 15,000 BCE–present Hundred Years’ War1337–1453 CE Interwar Period1918–1939 CE Invasion of England and Deposition of Edward II1326–1327 CE Irish Revolution and Independence1916–1923 CE Late Roman Republic133–27 BCE Medieval Heresy and Inquisitionc. 1100–1500 CE Mughal India and British Raj1526–1947 CE Nazi Germany1933–1945 Pax Mongolicac. 1250–1350 CE Reign of Edward II1307–1327 CE Renaissance & Early Modern Europec. 1300–1789 CE Roman Egypt and Alexandria30 BCE–395 CE Roman–Parthian Wars53 BCE–217 CE Russian Civil War1917–1922 CE Russian Revolution1917 CE Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire1519–1521 CE Suleiman the Magnificent1520–1566 CE Wars of Alexander the Great334–323 BCE World War I1914–1918 CE World War II1939–1945 CE

Historical fiction

Historical fiction series by Colin Falconer (1 series)

Epic Historical Adventure in Order

by Colin Falconer 14 books 4.3(129,144)

Epic Historical Adventure is Colin Falconer's publisher-defined collection of stand-alone historical thrillers rather than a continuous narrative sequence. The novels range from Alexander the Great, Cleopatra and the Mongol Empire to the Ottoman court, the conquest of Mexico, colonial India, shipwreck and twentieth-century Palestine. Most volumes can be…

Historical fiction

Standalone historical fiction by Colin Falconer (8 books)

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