Allan Massie

Allan Massie (born October 19, 1938 in Singapore ) is a Scottish writer and journalist.

Life

Massie is the son of a rubber planter who worked as a supplier to Sime Darby in Malaysia . Massie spent his school days in Aberdeenshire . He attended a private school at Drumtochty Castle (near Auchenblae ) and later moved to Glenalmond College in Perth and Kinross . Massie then studied history at Trinity College ( University of Cambridge ).

At the instigation of Rab Butler , Massie was admitted to the Royal Society of Literature in 1982.

Allan Massie currently (2011) lives in Selkirk ( Scottish Borders ).

reception

Since graduation, Massie has written regularly for many UK newspapers and magazines including The Scotsman , The Sunday Times , Daily Mail , The Daily Telegraph , Literary Review , The Independent and The New York Review of Books . In addition, a literarily independent oeuvre of novels and non-fiction books emerged over the years.

Works (selection)

Novels

• I, Augustus . Roman ("Augustus", 1986). New edition Knaur Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 0-370-30970-7 .
• I, Tiberius . Roman ("Tiberius", 1988). Schneekluth Verlag, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7951-1200-1 .
• Caesar . Brutus tells. Roman ("Caesar", 1994). Goldmann, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-42558-1 .
• I, King David . Novel ("King David", 1995). Goldmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-442-43738-5 .
• Me, Marc Anton . Roman ("Antony", 1997). Schneekluth, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-7951-1619-8 .
• Arthur the King. A romance . Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London 2003, ISBN 0-297-81678-0 .
• Caligula . A novel . Scepter Books, London 2003, ISBN 0-340-82313-5 .
• Charlemagne and Roland . A romance . Phoenix Books, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-7538-2232-6 .

Non-fiction

• Colette . Penguin Books, London 1986, ISBN 0-14-008160-7 (Lives of modern women).
• Byron's Travels . Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1988, ISBN 0-283-99408-8 .
• How should Health Services be financed? A patient's view . University Press, Aberdeen 1988, ISBN 0-08-036585-X .
• Glasgow . Portraits of a city . Jenkins, London 1989, ISBN 0-7126-2054-0 .
• The novel today. A critical guide to the British novel, 1970-1989 . Longman, London 1990, ISBN 0-582-00407-1 .
• Edinburgh . Sinclair-Stevenson, London 1994, ISBN 1-85619-244-X .
• A portrait of Scottish Rugby . Polygon Books, Edinburgh 1985, ISBN 0-904919-84-6 .
• The Royal Stuarts . A history of a family that shaped Britain . Cape, London 2010, ISBN 978-0-224-08064-4 .