Declaring that he would have made the Scottish revolutionary victorious if he had written about the 13th century, he realized eventually that this would only be possible in a fantasy setting. Originally, he intended to be a historical novelist, but citing William Wallace and the Battle of the Alamo, he related that he was intrigued by events that ended badly. Writing fantasy was not Gemmell’s first choice. On July 28, 2006, four days before his 58th birthday, Stella Gemmell found him dead at his desk.
He died in Hastings on the southeast coast of England, at home with his wife. He was the father of two children during his first marriage to Valerie Ballard. He also freelanced as a stringer for the Daily Mail, Daily Express, and Daily Mirror national newspapers. He worked as a journalist for several local newspapers in East Sussex, becoming editor-in-chief for five them. At 16, he was expelled from school for organizing a gambling syndicate.Īfter that, Gemmell went on to work as a day laborer, lorry-driver’s mate, and nightclub bouncer before becoming a journalist.
Raised alone by his mother until age six, he suffered from bullying and taunts from his peers, and sustained serious injuries from fighting. Growing up in a tough urban area of London, the British author experienced many vicissitudes in his life. He was a former journalist and newspaper editor, best known as the bestselling author of heroic fantasy. Book.David Gemmell was born in London, England, UK, on Augand passed away on July 28, 2006. Dust jacket near fine and unclipped with only very minor edge wear. An apocalyptic tale of honour, death and necromancy from the master of heroic fantasy. And word spreads - The Jerusalem Man is back! Hunted and alone Jon Shannow must battle the forces of the Deacon - and face a terrible enemy from another universe a dark god who feeds on the souls of the worlds. But when the church in Pilgrim's Valley is burnt to the ground, its congregation slaughtered, a rider appears and hunts down the killers.
And the long-vanished Jerusalem Man is now considered a saint of the new order. The tyrannical rule of the Deacon and his Jerusalem Riders has unleashed upon the world a sea of bigotry and hatred, where Unbelievers and Mutants are massacred in the name of God and Peace.
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