Alfred Duggan

Alfred Duggan (* 1903 in Buenos Aires, † 1964), was an English writer who wrote historical novels.

Duggan was born in Buenos Aires in a rich landowning family English and American origin. His family moved to England when he was two years old.

His novels were known that they were based on accurate historical research. The novels mostly dealt in ancient Rome and the Middle Ages.

Knight With Armour (1946 ) was the first novel Duggan. Duggan visited every place mentioned in the novel and each battleground, as he had participated during the 1930s as an archaeologist in excavations in Istanbul.

Works

Novels

• Knight with Armour (1946 )
• Conscience of the Kin (1951 )
• The Little Emperors (1951 )
• Lady for Ransom (1953 )
• Leopards and lilies (1954 )
• God and My Right ( 1955)
• Winter Quarters (1956 )
• Devil's Brood: The Angevin Family (1957 )
• Three's Company (1958 )
• Children of the Wolf ( 1959)
• Founding Fathers (1959 )
• The Cunning of the Dove (1960 )
• The King of Athelney (1961 )
• The Right Line of Cerdic (1961 )
• Lord Geoffrey 's Fancy (1962 )
• Conqueror of Cities (1963 )
• Family Favourites ( 1963)
• Count Bohemond (1964 )
• The Romans (1965 )
• Castles ( 1969)
• Elephants and Castles ( 1973)
• Alfred the Great (2005)
• Sword of Pleasure (2006)

Non-fiction

• Thomas Becket of Canterbury (1952 )
• Julius Caesar: A Great Life in Brief ( 1955)
• My Life for My Sheep: Thomas a Becket (1955 )
• He Died Old: Mithradates Eupator, King of Pontus (1958 )
• The Castle Book ( 1961)
• Growing Up in Thirteenth Century England (1962 )
• The Story of the Crusades 1097-1291 (1963 )
• Growing up with the Norman Conquest (1965 )
• The Falcon And the Dove: A Life of Thomas Becket of Canterbury (1971 )