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Mark Lord

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories, Historical Fiction

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Mark Lord studied Medieval Studies at the University of Birmingham and wrote his M. Phil. Thesis on Medieval Alliterative Poetry. Since then he has worked in publishing and writes historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction in his spare time.

Mark is the author of the novels Hell has its Demons, The Return of the Free and numerous short stories. He is also editor of the popular Alt Hist magazine - one of the few literary magazines to focus exclusively on historical fiction and alternate history.

He lives in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

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Average rating: 3.34 · 230 ratings · 34 reviews · 56 distinct works
By The Sword's Edge
2.97 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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Alt Hist Issue 7: The Magaz...
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Bird Talk: A Tale of Mediev...
2.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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Chivalry: A Jake Savage Adv...
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Orc and Goblin Tribes � Archers painted

Following up on my last Old World project post for the Orc and Goblin Tribes, the goblins were eventually painted � actually quite some time ago now. I finished a whole unit of 20 including full command group. Here’s the five I had primed last time fully painted up! See the last post here � �

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101305 Fantasy Fanatics — 433 members — last activity Sep 29, 2024 08:06AM
We are a group dedicated to reading various stand alone fantasy novels and series together and discussing them. WELCOME to Fantasy Fanatics!
4954 Alternate History — 314 members — last activity Dec 11, 2024 11:23AM
This group is for those fans of authors such as S.M. Stirling, Harry Turtledove and others who provide us with fascinating "What-If" scenarios in the ...more
153 Our History — 598 members — last activity Aug 30, 2022 09:21PM
This group is for anyone who is interested in history - biographies, narratives, hard history, historical fiction, alternate history, etc. - to share ...more
8115 The History Book Club — 25212 members — last activity Jun 18, 2025 03:44AM
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more
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