Philip Womack

Philip Womack (born in 1981) is a British writer and journalist. Womack married Princess Tatiana von Preussen in 2014.[1][2]

Education

Womack was educated at Dorset House Preparatory School, Lancing College, BPP Law School, and read classics and English at Oriel College, Oxford.[3]

Career

Womack has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The Spectator,[4] The Tablet, The New Humanist[5] and The First Post.

His first novel, The Other Book, was published in January 2008,[6] by Bloomsbury Publishing. His second novel, The Liberators, was published by Bloomsbury in February 2010. He authored a trilogy of fantasy novels under the series title The Darkening Path. The books in the trilogy are The Broken King,[7] The King's Shadow,[8] and The King's Revenge, which were published in 2014, 2015, and 2016 respectively. The Double Axe, a retelling of the Minotaur myth, was published in 2016.[9] The Arrow of Apollo, a book on the stories of the children of Orestes and Aenea, was published in May 2020.[10] The author's first non-fiction book, How to Teach Classics to Your Dog: A Quirky Introduction to the Ancient Greeks and Romans, was published in October 2020.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Cranleigh Literature Festival Brochure" (PDF). Cranleigh Arts Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. ^ Walker, Tim (22 May 2014), "Jude Law refuses to take selfie with fan", The Telegraph, retrieved 15 July 2016
  3. ^ "Bury pupils treated to visit from writer". West Sussex Gazette. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  4. ^ "The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters | G. W. Dalquist | Review by The Spectator". Spectator.co.uk. 27 January 2007. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Philip Womack – Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel". New Humanist. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Bloomsbury Publishing Authors By Surname: A". Bloomsbury.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Philip Womack's 'The Broken King' shortlisted for Haringey's Children Book Award". Royal Holloway, University of London. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  8. ^ Feay, Suzi (29 May 2015). "'The King's Shadow', by Philip Womack". The Financial Times Limited. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  9. ^ Williams, Imogen Russell (March 2016). "Bull's in Your Court". Literary Review. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Julia Gray - After the Fall". Literary Review. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  11. ^ "How to Teach Classics to Your Dog : Philip Womack : 9781786078148". www.bookdepository.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  12. ^ "How to Teach Classics to Your Dog". UK. Retrieved 8 September 2020.


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