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Tim Severin (born 1940) is a British explorer and writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
.

He was born Timothy Severin in Assam
Assam

Assam ) is a North-East India state of India with its capital at Dispur, in the outskirts of the city Guwahati. Located south of the eastern Himalayas, Assam comprises the Brahmaputra and the Barak River river valleys and the Karbi Anglong District and the North Cachar Hills with an area of 30,285 square miles ....
, India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, and currently lives in Timoleague
Timoleague

Timoleague is a village in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, located along Ireland's southern coast near Courtmacsherry. Clonakilty is to the west of the village....
, County Cork
County Cork

County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
, where he owns Argideen River Holiday Lodges. He was educated at Tonbridge School
Tonbridge School

Tonbridge School is a major United Kingdom public school in Tonbridge, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judde. It is a member of the Eton Group, and has close links with the Worshipful Company of Skinners, one of the oldest of the London livery companies....
 and Keble College, Oxford
Keble College, Oxford

Keble College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Oxford University Parks....
, where he studied geography
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
 and history
HIStory

HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I is a double album by Michael Jackson, released on June 20, 1995, and is Jackson's ninth. The first disc, named "HIStory Begins" consists of a selection of Jackson's greatest hits from the singer's past fifteen years, while the second, named "HIStory Continues" features new songs, with the...
. While still a student he embarked on the Marco Polo Expedition with Stanley Johnson
Stanley Johnson

Stanley Patrick Johnson is a United Kingdom politician and author, and a noted expert on environmental and population issues. He was a Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1984 and is former employee of the World Bank and the European Commission, and his son, Boris Johnson, is the current Mayor of London....
 and Michael de Larrabeiti
Michael de Larrabeiti

Michael de Larrabeiti was an England novelist and travel writer. He is best known for writing The Borrible Trilogy, which has been cited as an influence by writers in the New Weird movement....
. This was the start of his career as an explorer and writer. Severin has recreated a number of legend
Legend

A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude ....
ary voyages and journeys in order to determine how much of the legends are based on factual experience.

In 2005 he started writing historical fiction with similar themes — the voyage.






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Tim Severin (born 1940) is a British explorer and writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
.

He was born Timothy Severin in Assam
Assam

Assam ) is a North-East India state of India with its capital at Dispur, in the outskirts of the city Guwahati. Located south of the eastern Himalayas, Assam comprises the Brahmaputra and the Barak River river valleys and the Karbi Anglong District and the North Cachar Hills with an area of 30,285 square miles ....
, India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, and currently lives in Timoleague
Timoleague

Timoleague is a village in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, located along Ireland's southern coast near Courtmacsherry. Clonakilty is to the west of the village....
, County Cork
County Cork

County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
, where he owns Argideen River Holiday Lodges. He was educated at Tonbridge School
Tonbridge School

Tonbridge School is a major United Kingdom public school in Tonbridge, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judde. It is a member of the Eton Group, and has close links with the Worshipful Company of Skinners, one of the oldest of the London livery companies....
 and Keble College, Oxford
Keble College, Oxford

Keble College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Oxford University Parks....
, where he studied geography
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
 and history
HIStory

HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I is a double album by Michael Jackson, released on June 20, 1995, and is Jackson's ninth. The first disc, named "HIStory Begins" consists of a selection of Jackson's greatest hits from the singer's past fifteen years, while the second, named "HIStory Continues" features new songs, with the...
. While still a student he embarked on the Marco Polo Expedition with Stanley Johnson
Stanley Johnson

Stanley Patrick Johnson is a United Kingdom politician and author, and a noted expert on environmental and population issues. He was a Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1984 and is former employee of the World Bank and the European Commission, and his son, Boris Johnson, is the current Mayor of London....
 and Michael de Larrabeiti
Michael de Larrabeiti

Michael de Larrabeiti was an England novelist and travel writer. He is best known for writing The Borrible Trilogy, which has been cited as an influence by writers in the New Weird movement....
. This was the start of his career as an explorer and writer. Severin has recreated a number of legend
Legend

A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude ....
ary voyages and journeys in order to determine how much of the legends are based on factual experience.

In 2005 he started writing historical fiction with similar themes — the voyage. His first Viking Series is about a young Viking adventurer Thorgils Leifsson, who travels around the world. In 2007 he started publishing his next series set in the late 17th century about the 17-year-old Hector Lynch, who becomes a Corsair.

Works


Fiction


Viking Series
  • Odinn's Child (2005)
  • Sworn Brother (2005)
  • King's Man (2005)


The Adventures of Hector Lynch
  • Corsair (2007)
  • Buccaneer (2008)
  • Sea Robber (May 1, 2009)


Non fiction

  • The Brendan Voyage (1978) - Sailing a leather
    Leather

    Leather is a material created through the tanning of rawhides and skins of animals, primarily cattlehide. The tanning process converts the putrescible skin into a durable, long-lasting and versatile natural material for various uses....
     currach
    Currach

    A Currach or Curach is a type of Ireland boat with a wooden frame, over which leather were once stretched - nowadays canvas is more usual....
     from Ireland to Newfoundland
  • The Sinbad Voyage (1983) - Sailing an Arab
    Arab

    An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
     dhow
    Dhow

    A dhow is a traditional Arab Sailing ship with one or more lateen. They are primarily used along the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, India, and East Africa....
     from Muscat, Oman
    Muscat, Oman

    Muscat is the Capital and largest city of Oman. It is also the seat of government and largest city in the Muscat . As of 2008, the population of the Muscat metropolitan area was 1,090,797....
     to China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  • The Jason Voyage: The Quest for the Golden Fleece (1986) - Sailing from Greece
    Greece

    Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
     to Georgia
    Georgia (country)

    Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
  • Tracking Marco Polo (1986) - Motorcycle
    Motorcycle

    A motorcycle is a Single track, two-wheeled motor vehicle powered by an Motorcycle engine. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as Touring motorcycle travel, navigating Naked bike, Cruiser , Motorcycle sport and Motorbike racing, or off-road conditions....
     ride from Venice
    Venice

    Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
     to Central Asia along the Silk Road
    Silk Road

    The Silk Road is an extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, including North Africa and Europe....
  • The Ulysses Voyage (1987) - Sailing from Troy
    Troy

    Troy is a legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle, and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer....
     to Ithaca
    Ithaca

    Ithaca or Ithaka is an island in the Ionian Sea, in Greece, with an area of 118 km? and three thousand inhabitants. It is an independent Communities and Municipalities of Greece of the prefecture of Kefalonia and Ithaka Prefecture, and lies off the northeast coast of Kefalonia....
  • Crusader (1989) - Riding a heavy horse from France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
     to the Middle East
    Middle East

    File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
  • In Search of Genghis Khan (1991) - See Genghis Khan
    Genghis Khan

    Genghis Khan , born , was the founder, Khan and Khagan of the Mongol Empire, the World's largest empires contiguous empire in history....
  • The China Voyage (1994) - Across the Pacific Ocean
    Pacific Ocean

    The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
     on a bamboo
    Bamboo

    The bamboos are a group of woody perennial plant evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae....
     raft
  • The Spice Islands Voyage (1997) - See Alfred Russel Wallace
    Alfred Russel Wallace

    Alfred Russel Wallace, Order of Merit, Fellow of the Royal Society was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Natural history, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist....
    , a voyage through the Indonesia
    Indonesia

    The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
    n archipelago
  • In Search of Moby-Dick (1999) - See Herman Melville
    Herman Melville

    Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet. His first three books gained much attention, the first becoming a bestseller, but after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime....
  • Seeking Robinson Crusoe (aka In Search of Robinson Crusoe ) (2002) - See Robinson Crusoe
    Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe. It was first published in 1719 and sometimes regarded as the first novel in English. The book is a fictional autobiography of the title character, an English castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, encountering Indigenous peoples of the Americas, captives, and mu...


Awards and honours

  • Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society
    Royal Geographical Society

    The Royal Geographical Society is a United Kingdom learned society founded in 1830 with the name Geographical Society of London for the advancement of geographical sciences, under the patronage of William IV of the United Kingdom....
  • Livingstone Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society
    Royal Scottish Geographical Society

    The Royal Scottish Geographical Society is a learned society founded in 1884 and based in Perth, Scotland. The Society has a membership of 2500 and aims to advance the science of geography world-wide by supporting education, research, expeditions, through its journal , its newsletter and other publications....
  • Honorary Doctor of Letters, Trinity College, Dublin
    Trinity College, Dublin

    Trinity College, Dublin , corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I of England as the "mother of a university", and is the only constituent residential college of the University of Dublin....
  • Honorary Doctor of Letters, University College, Cork


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