Christopher Hart is an English novelist and journalist. He writes for The Guardian

The Guardian

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, The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph

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, The Literary Review

The Literary Review

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, and The Bookseller

The Bookseller

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, and is literary editor of the Erotic Review

Erotic Review

Erotic Review is a monthly UK-based lifestyle publication. Covering eroticism and sex-related topics, it was first published in 1995 as a print magazine, migrating to an eZine format in June, 2010...

. He is the author of The Harvest (1999) and Rescue Me (2001), and has written five historical novels under the pseudonym William Napier.

Background

Born in Lancashire, Hart was educated at Cheltenham College

Cheltenham College

Cheltenham College is a co-educational independent school, located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.One of the public schools of the Victorian period, it was opened in July 1841. An Anglican foundation, it is known for its classical, military and sporting traditions.The 1893 book Great...

 and Leicester University, then went to Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University

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) where he studied English and Art History, and Birkbeck College, London, where he obtained a PhD on W.B.Yeats.

Under his original name he has written two contemporary novels, The Harvest and Rescue Me. Since 2001, he has written five historical novels under the pseudonym of William Napier, three of them a best-selling trilogy about Attila the Hun

Attila the Hun

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 and the Fall of the Roman Empire.

As a journalist he has worked as Literary Editor of the Erotic Review (magazine folded) and Agony Aunt for Time Out (sacked.) He currently writes regularly for the Sunday Times, where he is lead theatre critic, and the Daily Mail. He is a first cousin of Vanessa Feltz

Vanessa Feltz

Vanessa Jane Feltz is an English television personality, broadcaster and journalist. She currently presents an early morning radio show on BBC Radio 2, a mid morning phone-in show on BBC London 94.9. In 2011, she started hosting The Vanessa Show on Channel 5. The first series ended on June 24th...

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As Christopher Hart

• The Harvest (1999)
• Rescue Me (2001)

As William Napier

• Attila (Attila: The Scourge of God) (2005)
• Attila: The Gathering of the Storm (2007)
• Attila: The Judgement (2008)
• Clash of Empires: The Great Siege (2011)
• Julia: An Epic Tale of Love And War Set in the Final Days of the Roman Empire (2001)