Conor Kostick

Conor Kostick ( born 1964 in Cheshire ) is a British- Irish historian and author.

Career

Kostick was born in 1964 in the west of England; Today he lives in Ireland. As a professor at Trinity College in Dublin, he teaches the history of the Middle Ages and has already published several historical books and numerous essays on political and cultural issues. Already at the age of 19 he invented the world's first interactive fantasy role-playing game Treasure Trap. At this event, interested parties met at the Peckforton Castle in Cheshire to attend dressed in the event and he thought to various actions from. However, this endeavor was not durable.

If he was not exactly scientific operated or politically engaged, he immerses himself also like to enter the world of online role-playing games. So he combines in his created role playing his preference for these inclinations. " Epic " is his first novel in which he introduces the reader to a fantastic and exciting world that is only accessible to the people through a data helmet.

Publications (selection)

German

  • Epic ( Oetinger, 2006), ISBN 9783789140259
  • Saga ( Oetinger, 2007), ISBN 9783789140303

English

  • Revolution in Ireland (Cork University Press, 2009).
  • The Easter Rising, A Guide to Dublin in 1916 ( O'Brien, 2000), with Lorcan Collins.
  • Irish Writers Against War ( O'Brien Press, 2003 ), co -editor with Katherine Moore.
  • The Book of Curses ( O'Brien Press, 2007 ).
  • The Social Structure of the First Crusade ( Brill, 2007).
  • Move ( O'Brien Press, 2008 ).
  • The Siege of Jerusalem ( Continuum, 2009).
  • Medieval Italy, Medieval and Early Modern Women ( Four Courts, 2010), editor.
  • The Crusades and the Near East ( Routledge, 2010), editor.
  • Edda ( O'Brien, 2011).
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