Background
Ross Leckie was born in 1957 in Scotland, the son of Joseph, a minister of religion, and Hannah (Matthews) Leckie, a teacher.
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An epic vision of one of history’s greatest adventurers, the almost mythical man who most famously led his soldiers on elephants over the Alps. In Ross Leckie's unforgettable recreation of the Punic wars, it is Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, who narrates the story, and who is carried by his all-consuming ambition through profoundly bloody battles against the great Roman armies of early empire. In a breathtaking chronicle of love and hate, heroism and cruelty, one of humanity's greatest adventurers is brought to life, and learns through suffering that man is but a shadow of a dream. An epic vision of one of history’s greatest adventurers, the almost mythical man who most famously led his soldiers on elephants over the Alps. In Ross Leckie's unforgettable recreation of the Punic wars, it is Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, who narrates the story, and who is carried by his all-consuming ambition through profoundly bloody battles against the great Roman armies of early empire. In a breathtaking chronicle of love and hate, heroism and cruelty, one of humanity's greatest adventurers is brought to life, and learns through suffering that man is but a shadow of a dream. An epic vision of one of history’s greatest adventurers, the almost mythical man who most famously led his soldiers on elephants over the Alps. In Ross Leckie's unforgettable recreation of the Punic wars, it is Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, who narrates the story, and who is carried by his all-consuming ambition through profoundly bloody battles against the great Roman armies of early empire. In a breathtaking chronicle of love and hate, heroism and cruelty, one of humanity's greatest adventurers is brought to life, and learns through suffering that man is but a shadow of a dream.
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2008
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I fought the Romans once. It no longer seems a prudent thing to do. Carthage concludes the internationally acclaimed trilogy that began with Hannibal and continued with Scipio. Here, Ross Leckie tells of the final Punic War: the story of a great city and a people's utter eradication under the relentless rise of Rome. But its chief characters, one the bastard son of Hannibal, the other of Scipio, would have wished it otherwise. Both seek peace, but are caught up in war. As they struggle between duty and belief, they stand to lose everything in the face of their fathers' devastating legacies. Written as a series of letters and entries, the multiple voices of the novel are woven into a masterful exploration of human drives, political intrigue and the process of history making itself.
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2010
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A snappy little book containing facts, jargon, and inside information--all that readers need to know to hold their own among the experts. A snappy little book containing facts, jargon, and inside information--all that readers need to know to hold their own among the experts.
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1999
Ross Leckie was born in 1957 in Scotland, the son of Joseph, a minister of religion, and Hannah (Matthews) Leckie, a teacher.
Ross Leckie studied at the Drumtochty Castle Preparatory School and Fettes College, where he gained his interest in classical literature. The future author attended the Corpus Christi College in Oxford and Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester.
Ross Leckie worked on farms, as a roughneck. Later he held the position of an insurance broker. During ten years 1986 - 1996 he was a freelance journalist and copywriter in Scotland. In 1996 he has started his work as a head of a corporate communications in Martin Currie Investment Management which he holds even nowadays. Now he is a full-time writer.
(An epic vision of one of history’s greatest adventurers, ...)
2008(I fought the Romans once. It no longer seems a prudent th...)
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(A snappy little book containing facts, jargon, and inside...)
1999
Quotations:
“My primary motivation is a love of language and the struggle of trying to produce prose that demonstrates clarity, lucidity, and euphony. 1 am also moved to try to recreate a vanished world and show how what it learned is still relevant to us, to show what is enduring in human nature."
“My influences are the classics, which have been my love since I started Greek and Latin at age five; Herodotus and Polybius, the historians, and Livy, too; of the poets, Homer and Vergil and the Greek lyricis—Sappho, Aechilochus, and Pindar, in particular. In the twentieth century, Patrick White and Mary Renault have influenced me, as has the poetry of R. S. Thomas and Iain Crichton-Smith."
“In my writing process, I read everything I can find on my subject and take notes. 1 digest the notes, then throw them away and begin writing. I have a broad synopsis in mind, but I let the story unfold of itself- I am at long last comfortable typing my work. I write best in the morning and work from six until ten o’clock. In the evenings I revise and edit, prune, and refine."
“The idea of a novel on Hannibal came to me in a dream. My general interest in that period began when I was very young, through reading Livy. I gain further motivation to write about the classics because they are dying out. I want to try and help to keep them alive. The classics have not merely influenced western civilization; they are part of its essence.”
Leckie married Vera Wolfing, the couple divorced in April, 1992. They have four children: Douglas, Xenia, Patrick and Alexia.