P. C. Doherty  

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Paul C. Doherty (born 1946, Middlesbrough) is an English writer, with a doctorate in history from the University of Oxford, who writes historical mysteries and novels under the pennames Anna Apostolou, Michael Clynes, Ann Dukthas, C. L. Grace, Paul Harding, and Vanessa Alexander. Doherty is the author of several acclaimed mystery series including The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, the Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries, and the Canterbury Tales of mystery and murder. He lives in England and has been the Headmaster at Trinity Catholic High School in Woodford Green, Essex for nearly 25 years.

Series

Hugh Corbett

1. Satan in St Mary's (1986)
2. The Crown in Darkness (1988)
3. Spy in Chancery (1988)
4. The Angel of Death (1989)
5. The Prince Of Darkness (1992)
6. Murder Wears a Cowl (1992)
7. The Assassin in the Greenwood (1993)
8. The Song of a Dark Angel (1994)
9. Satan's Fire (1995)
10. The Devil's Hunt (1996)
11. The Demon Archer (1999)
12. The Treason of the Ghosts (2000)
13. Corpse Candle (2001)
14. The Magician's Death (2004)
15. The Waxman Murders (2006)
16. Nightshade (2008)

Matthew Jenkyn

1. The Whyte Harte (1988)
2. The Serpent Amongst the Lilies (1990)

Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan

1. The Nightingale Gallery (1991) (writing as Paul Harding)
2. The House Of The Red Slayer (1992) (writing as Paul Harding) aka The Red Slayer
3. Murder Most Holy (1992) (writing as Paul Harding)
4. The Anger Of God (1993) (writing as Paul Harding)
5. By Murder's Bright Light (1994) (writing as Paul Harding)
6. The House Of Crows (1995) (writing as Paul Harding)
7. The Assassin's Riddle (1996) (writing as Paul Harding)
8. The Devil's Domain (1998)
9. The Field Of Blood (1999)
10. The House of Shadows (2003)

Sir Roger Shallot (writing as Michael Clynes)

1. The White Rose Murders (1991)
2. The Poisoned Chalice (1992)
3. The Grail Murders (1993)
4. A Brood of Vipers (1994)
5. The Gallows Murders (1995)
6. The Relic Murders (1996)

Kathryn Swinbrooke (writing as Celia L. Grace)

1. Shrine of Murders (1993)
2. Eye of God (1994)
3. Merchant of Death (1995)
4. Book of Shadows (1996)
5. Saintly Murders (2001)
6. Maze of Murders (2002)
7. Feast of Poisons (2004)

Canterbury Tales

1. An Ancient Evil (1994)
2. A Tapestry of Murders (1994)
3. A Tournament of Murders (1996)
4. Ghostly Murders (1997)
5. The Hangman's Hymn (2001)
6. A Haunt of Murder (2002)

Nicholas Segalla (writing as Ann Dukthas)

1. A Time For The Death Of A King (1994)
2. The Prince Lost To Time (1995)
3. The Time Of Murder At Mayerling (1996)
4. In The Time Of The Poisoned Queen (1998)

Mystery of Alexander the Great (writing as Anna Apostolou)

1. A Murder in Macedon (1997)
2. A Murder in Thebes (1998)

Amerotke

1. The Mask of Ra (1998)
2. The Horus Killings (1999)
3. The Anubis Slayings (2000)
4. The Slayers of Seth (2001)
5. The Assassins of Isis (2004)
6. The Poisoner of Ptah (2007)
7. The Spies of Sobeck (2008)

Mahu (The Akhenaten-trilogy)

The ancient Egpytian noble Mahu recounts the events of the age of Akhenaten and his part in them and his relationships with other personages of the Armana period.

1. An Evil Spirit Out of the West (2003)
2. The Season of the Hyaena (2005)
3. The Year of the Cobra (2005)

Mathilde of Westminster

1. The Cup of Ghosts (2005)-
2. The Poison Maiden (2007)

Political Intrigue in Ancient Rome

set during the time of Constantine the Great

1. Murder Imperial (2003)
2. The Song of the Gladiator (2004)
3. The Queen of the Night (2006)

Alexander the Great Mysteries

• The House of Death (2001)
• The Godless Man (2002)
• The Gates of Hell (2003)

Novels

• The Death of a King: A Medieval Mystery (1985)
• Prince Drakulya (1986)
• The Fate of Princes (1990)
• Dove Amongst the Hawks (1990)
• The Masked Man (1991)
• The Rose Demon (1997)
• The Haunting (1997)
• The Soul Slayer (1998)
• Domina (2002)
• The Plague Lord (2002)
• Great Crown Jewel Robbery of 1303 (2005)
• The Death of the Red King (2006)
• The Templar (2007)
• The Secret of Sobek (2008)

Non-fiction

• King Arthur (1986)
• The Mysterious Death of Tutankhamun (2002)
• Isabella and the Strange Death of Edward II (2003)
• Secret Life of Elizabeth I (2005)