Ross Leckie

Ross Leckie
Born
Peter Ross Leckie

(1957-05-06) 6 May 1957
Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
EducationFettes College
Drumtochty Castle Preparatory School
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
OccupationWriter
Notable workCarthage trilogy
Spouses
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(m. 1979, divorced)​
Sophie Drinkal
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(m. 1995, divorced)​
Children10

Peter Ross Leckie (born 6 May 1957) is a Scottish writer of historical novels, best known for his Carthage trilogy.

Biography

Leckie attended Drumtochty Castle Preparatory School and Fettes College.[1] He studied classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was also President of the Junior Common Room.[2][3] He met Vera Wülfing, a student of languages from Germany, and they married in 1979. They moved to Scotland in 1981. The couple had four children.[4] In 1995 Leckie married Sophie Drinkall, and they had six children. They divorced in 2019.


Works

Carthage Trilogy

  1. Hannibal (also as Hannibal: A novel)
  2. Scipio Africanus (also as Scipio: A novel)
  3. Carthage

Non-fiction

  • The Bluffer's Guide to The Classics
  • Grampian: A Country in Miniature
  • The Gourmet's Companion

References

  1. ^ Fettes website
  2. ^ Canongate
  3. ^ "A classic tale of two cities; Saturday interview: Ross Leckie When Hollywood called, the Edinburgh fund management spinmeister was lost for words". The Herald (Glasgow). 23 August 2003. p. 21. Retrieved 14 November 2014. Fact File 1957: Born in Irvine, Ayrshire. Education: Drumtochty Castle Preparatory School, Kincardineshire; Fettes College, Edinburgh; Corpus Christi College, Oxford University; Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester
  4. ^ Leckie, Ross (8 February 2021). "Dr Vera Wülfing-Leckie obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2021.