Iain Gale
{{Short description|Journalist and author}}
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| birth_date = 1959
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Iain Gale is a journalist and author born in 1959, who writes military novels. His book Four Days in June, about the Battle of Waterloo, was well received and acclaimed by Bernard Cornwell.
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He is also the writer of eleven non-fiction books.
Biography and career
Iain Gale was born in 1959 in central London, to Scottish parents. His father was the political cartoonist, George Gale. He grew up in Ham, near Richmond, London, and was educated at St Paul's School, London, and the University of Edinburgh. He was deputy art critic of The Independent from 1990 to 1996, and art critic for Scotland on Sunday for 12 years from 1996 to 2008. He is currently the editor of the National Trust for Scotland magazine.{{cite web |url=http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Our_Authors/Pages/Home.aspx?objId=6992 |title=Iain Gale |work=Author Profile |publisher=HarperCollins |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320104835/http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Our_Authors/Pages/Home.aspx?objId=6992 |archive-date=20 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }} He is married to an Edinburgh GP: between them they have six children. They divide their time between Edinburgh and Fife.{{cite web |url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/iain-gale/ |title=Iain Gale |publisher=Fantastic Fiction |access-date=11 May 2013}}
Works
Following a series of non-fiction books, Gale published his first novel, the well received Four Days in June, about the Battle of Waterloo, in 2006. He followed this with a series of three books featuring the character Jack Steel, set during the campaigns of the Duke of Marlborough. In 2009 he published Alamein, about the Second Battle of El Alamein, which like Four Days in June was based largely on the experiences of real-life participants. More recently he has published two novels in a projected Second World War series featuring the character Peter Lamb and his men; and another four in a Napoleonic Wars series featuring a band of roguish scouting officers led by Captain James Keane.
Bibliography
=Non-fiction=
- {{Cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=The Flying Hammer: An Insider's Collection of Salesroom Howlers |publisher=Elm Tree |location=London |year=1985 |isbn=0-241-11578-7 |oclc=16404450 }}
- {{Cite book |last1=Gale |first1=Iain |last2=Irvine |first2=Susan |title=Laura Ashley Style |publisher=Harmony |location=New York |year=1987 |oclc=16276208 }}
- {{Cite book |last1=Gale |first1=Iain |last2=Waugh |first2=Evelyn |title=Waugh's World: a guide to the novels of Evelyn Waugh |publisher=Sidgwick & Jackson |location=London |year=1990 |isbn=0-283-99835-0 |oclc=24937652 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/waughsworldguide0000gale }}
- {{Cite book |last1=Parsons |first1=Thomas |last2=Gale |first2=Iain |title=Post-impressionism: the rise of modern art |publisher=Studio |location=London |year=1992 |isbn=1-85170-861-8 |oclc=27464087 }} Italian translation: {{cite book |title=Da Van Gogh a Picasso: la nascita dell'arte contemporanea dal postimpressionismo all'espressionismo |publisher=Giunti |location=Florence |year=2000 |isbn=88-09018478 }}
- {{Cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Sisley |series=The Master Painters |publisher=Studio |location=London |year=1992 |isbn=1-85170-857-X |oclc=27976902 }}
- {{Cite book |last1=Gale |first1=Iain |last2=Bryant |first2=Richard |title=Living Museums |publisher=Little, Brown & Co |location=Boston |year=1993 |isbn=0-8212-1963-4 |oclc=27431797 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/livingmuseums0000gale }}
- {{Cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Corot |series=The Master Painters |publisher=Studio |location=London |year=1994 |isbn=1-85170-961-4 |oclc=443426804 }} (on Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot)
- {{Cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Ray Richardson: One Man on a Trip |publisher=Beaux Arts |location=London |year=1996 |oclc=35208410 }}
- {{Cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Arthur Melville |publisher=Atelier |location=Edinburgh |year=1996 |isbn=1-873830-04-1 |oclc=38113629 }}
=Fiction=
- {{cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Four Days in June: a battle lost, a battle won, June 1815 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=London |year=2006 |isbn=0-00-720103-6 |oclc=62760618 }}
- {{cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Alamein: The Turning Point of World War Two |publisher=HarperCollins |location=London |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-00-727867-1 |oclc=373477696 }}
==Series==
;Jack Steel
- {{cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Man of Honour |publisher=HarperCollins |location=London |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-00-720106-8 |oclc=85828634 }}
- {{cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Rules of War |publisher=HarperCollins |location=London |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-00-725355-5 |oclc=183915237 }}
- {{cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Brothers in Arms |publisher=HarperCollins |location=London |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-00-725357-9 |oclc=298596791 }}
;Peter Lamb
- {{cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=The Black Jackals |publisher=HarperCollins |location=London |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-00-727864-0 |oclc=703349371 }}
- {{cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Jackals' Revenge |publisher=HarperCollins |location=London |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-00-727870-1 |oclc=760289666 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/jackalsrevenge0000gale }}
;Keane
- {{cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Keane's Company |publisher=Heron Books |place=London |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-78087-362-6 |oclc=822959953 }}
- {{cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Keane's Challenge |publisher=Heron Books |place=London |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-78087-364-0 |oclc=870426313 }}
- {{cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Keane's Charge |publisher=Heron Books |place=London |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-84866-480-7 |oclc=908129325 }}
- {{cite book |last=Gale |first=Iain |title=Conspiracy |publisher=Heron Books |location=London |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-84866-484-5 |oclc=948971494 }}
References
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Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:English historical novelists
Category:People educated at St Paul's School, London
Category:People from Ham, London
Category:Writers from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Category:Writers of historical fiction set in the modern age
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