Michael Curtis Ford is an American

historical novel Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...

ist, writing novels about

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and

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. He has worked variously as a laborer, a ski patrolman, a musician, a consultant, a banker, a Latin teacher, and a translator. He holds degrees in Economics and Linguistics and lives in

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, where he and his wife

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their three children. He has also written numerous articles on ancient military themes. Contrary to popular conception, he did not write the books: ''

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'', ''Birth of a Warrior'', and ''Legacy of Blood''. On his website he states- "regarding the subject matter of my 'next book', '' The Fire of Ares: Spartan Quest'': very sorry to disappoint, but that is not my next book! After some investigation, I have found that ''Fire of Ares'' is apparently a 'young adult'-level book written by a British author with a name disconcertingly similar to my own, Michael Ford."

Novels

* ''The Ten Thousand: A Novel of Ancient Greece'' (2001) * ''Gods and Legions: A Novel of the Roman Empire'' (2002) * ''The Last King: Rome's Greatest Enemy'' (2004) * ''The Sword of Attila: A Novel of the Last Years of Rome'' (2005) * ''The Fall of Rome: A Novel of a World Lost'' (2007)

External links

Michael Curtis Ford
at Fantastic Fiction * (2001 to 2007) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ford, Michael Curtis 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American historical novelists Writers of historical fiction set in antiquity Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American male writers