Ross Laidlaw (author)

Ross Laidlaw
Born (1931-05-05) 5 May 1931
Aberdeen, Scotland, U,K.
Occupationwriter
Spouse
Margaret Corby
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(m. 1962)​
Children2
Writing career
Genres

Ross Laidlaw (born 5 May 1931)[1] is a Scottish writer of historical, thriller and spy fiction.

Biography

Laidlaw was born in Aberdeen and now lives in Dunbar, East Lothian. He attended the University of Cambridge and gained his degree from the University of Edinburgh.

He met his wife Margaret (née Corby) while working at Dolphin School, near Newark in Nottinghamshire, where she was the matron and he was a master.[2] They became engaged in Cambridge and were married on 7 September 1962 at the Corstorphine Old Parish Church in Edinburgh. The couple have a son and daughter.[3]

Laidlaw has spent time working and traveling in southern Africa.[4]

In 1979, while working as a geography and history teacher at Belhaven Hill School near Dunbar, Laidlaw's first book was released, the political thriller novel The Lion Is Rampant, receiving significant praise.[5] He has since released five more books with the most recent being Justinian: The Sleepless One which was released in 2010.

Works by Ross Laidlaw

  • The Lion Is Rampant (1979) (ISBN 978-0-904002-27-0) – originally published by Molendinar Press, it is a political thriller novel set in Scotland during the 1980s.[6]
  • The Linton Porcupine (1984) (ISBN 978-0-86241-063-6) – originally published by Littlehampton Book Services, the story is set in 16th-century Scotland and is written as the journal of Nicholas Wainwright who has been sent to find a weapon that is being created by the Scots.[7]
  • Aphra Behn: Dispatch'd from Athole (1992) (ISBN 978-1-872557-17-5) – originally published by Balnain Books, the story is set in 17th-century Britain and tells of Aphra Behn's journal which details her mission to Scotland as a spy.[8]
  • Attila: The Scourge of God (2004) (ISBN 978-1-904598-08-4) – originally published by Polygon Books, the story is set in 5th-century Europe and centers around Attila the Hun and Aetius who are in battle with each other for the fate of their empires.[9]
  • Theoderic (2008) (ISBN 978-1-84697-082-5) – originally published by Polygon Books, the story is set in 5th-century Europe during a time when the Western Roman Empire has been left in ruins, and centers around Theodoric the Goth who rises to a status equal of Roman Emperors.[10]
  • Justinian (2010) (ISBN 978-1-84697-158-7) – originally published by Polygon Books, the historical-fiction novel follows the life of Justinian I, an emperor of the Byzantine Empire.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Summary Bibliography: Ross Laidlaw". Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Margaret wins award for tireless charity fundraising". The Scotsman. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Couple look back on 50 years of wedded bliss". The Scotsman. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ross Laidlaw". FantasticFiction. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Attila". Birlinn Limited. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "The Lion is Rampant A Political Thriller". Hessay Books. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "The Linton Porcupine: The Journal of One Nicholas Wainwright". Medieval Bookshop. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  8. ↑ Aphra Behn: Dispatch'd from Athole. ASIN 1872557171.
  9. ↑ "Books". Polygon Books. Retrieved 21 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ↑ "Theodoric by Ross Laidlaw". FantasticFiction. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  11. ↑ "Justinian". Birlinn Limited. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
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