Dominic Selwood
| Dominic Selwood | |
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| Born | December 1970 (age 46) England |
| Occupation | Historian, Author, Journalist, Barrister |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
University of Oxford Pantheon-Sorbonne University of Poitiers University of Wales |
| Genre | Thriller, Historical Fiction, non-fiction, History |
| Notable works | The Sword of Moses |
| Website | |
| dominicselwood.com | |
Dominic Selwood, FRSA, FRHistS (born December 1970) is an English historian, journalist, author and barrister. He has written several works of history, historical fiction and historical thrillers, most notably The Sword of Moses. His background is in medieval history.
Selwood was born in England, and grew up in Salisbury, in Cyprus and in Germany. He went to school at Edge Grove and Winchester College, and studied law and French law at the University of Wales. He was awarded a scholarship to the University of Poitiers, where a chance meeting in a local café with the publisher (and early sponsor of Private Eye)Anthony Blond led to a collaboration on Blond's Roman Emperors. He was awarded a doctorate by New College, Oxford on medieval religious and military life, specialising in the Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller, the two leading military orders of the Crusades. While conducting his research, he won a research scholarship to the Sorbonne in the history of Byzantium and the Christian Near-East. In 1997, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and he is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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