Robert Graham Low (8 July 1949 – 31 May 2021) was a Scottish journalist and writer of historical fiction. His ''Oathsworn'' series of novels were set in the

Viking Age The Viking Age () was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. It followed the Migration Period and the Germ ...

Biography

Low was war correspondent in

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and several other locations, including

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, and

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, until "common-sense, age and the concerns of iswife and daughter prevailed". He wrote novels full-time and was a historical reenactor performing with the UK-based group, The Vikings.

Books

''Oathsworn'' Series

#'' The Whale Road'' (2007) #'' The Wolf Sea'' (2008) #'' The White Raven'' (2009) #'' The Prow Beast'' (2010) #'' Crowbone'' (2012) #'' The Untold Tales of Little Crowbone'' (2012, short e-book only)

''Kingdom'' Series

#'' The Lion Wakes'' (2011) #''The Lion at Bay'' (2012) #''The Lion Rampant'' (2013)

Brothers of the Sands

#''Beasts Beyond The Wall'' (2019) #''The Red Serpent'' (2019) #''Beasts From The Dark'' (2020)

Border Reivers

#''A Dish of Spurs'' (2020) #''Burning the Water'' (2020) #''Shake Loose the Border'' (2021)

References

External links

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Biography at FantasticFiction
{{DEFAULTSORT:Low, Robert Scottish historical novelists 1952 births 2021 deaths Scottish journalists Scottish novelists Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages