Iain Gale is a journalist and author born in 1959, who writes military novels. His book Four Days in June

Four Days In June

Four Days in June is a 2006 historical novel by Iain Gale set during the time of Napoleon Bonapartes Waterloo Campaign. It explains the campaign from the point of view of some of the ordinary British, French and Prussian soldiers on the ground over the four day battle encompassing Quatre Bras,...

, about the battle of Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...

, was well received and acclaimed by Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell OBE is an English author of historical novels. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe which were adapted into a series of Sharpe television films.-Biography:...

. Another series of books, featuring the character Jack Steel, is set during the campaigns of the Duke of Marlborough

Duke of Marlborough

Duke of Marlborough , is a hereditary title in the Peerage of England. The first holder of the title was John Churchill , the noted English general, and indeed an unqualified reference to the Duke of Marlborough in a historical text will almost certainly refer to him.-History:The dukedom was...

: three in this series have so far appeared. His latest novel, The Black Jackals, published in 2011, is the first in a planned Second World War series featuring the character Peter Lamb and his men. He is also the writer of eleven non-fiction books.

Biography and career

Iain Gale was born in 1959 in central London

London

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, to Scottish parents. His father was the political cartoonist, George Gale. He was educated at St Paul's School, London, and Edinburgh University. He was deputy art critic of The Independent

The Independent

The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...

from 1990 to 1996, and art critic for Scotland on Sunday

Scotland on Sunday

Scotland on Sunday is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by The Scotsman Publications Ltd and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate The Scotsman...

for twelve years from 1996 to 2008. He is currently the editor of the National Trust for Scotland

National Trust for Scotland

The National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, commonly known as the National Trust for Scotland describes itself as the conservation charity that protects and promotes Scotland's natural and cultural heritage for present and future generations to...

 magazine. He lives in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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 with his three children.

Novels

• Four Days in June
  Four Days In June
  Four Days in June is a 2006 historical novel by Iain Gale set during the time of Napoleon Bonapartes Waterloo Campaign. It explains the campaign from the point of view of some of the ordinary British, French and Prussian soldiers on the ground over the four day battle encompassing Quatre Bras,...
  
  (2006)
• Alamein: The Turning Point of World War Two (2009)
• The Black Jackals (2011)

Series

Jack Steel

• Man of Honour (2007)
• Rules of War (2008)
• Brothers in Arms (2009)