Paul Lewis Anderson was an American

United States

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 photographer and author

Author

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 who wrote young adult historical fiction

Historical fiction

Historical fiction tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional...

 focussing on ancient Rome

Ancient Rome

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Life and work

Anderson was born in Trenton

Trenton, New Jersey

Trenton is the capital of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Trenton had a population of 84,913...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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. He graduated in electrical engineering and took up photography in 1907. He was influenced by the photographs in the magazine Camera Work

Camera Work

Camera Work was a quarterly photographic journal published by Alfred Stieglitz from 1903 to 1917. It is known for its many high-quality photogravures by some of the most important photographers in the world and its editorial purpose to establish photography as a fine art...

. In 1910 he started working as a professional photographer. He taught at the Clarence H. White School of Photography, founded by Clarence Hudson White

Clarence Hudson White

Clarence Hudson White was an American photographer, teacher and a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement. He grew up in small towns in Ohio, where his primary influences were his family and the social life of rural America. After visiting the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in...

, 1914–1918, and published several books and articles on photography. In 1925 he started to write novels, but returned to photography writing some eight years later.

Some of his photography is displayed at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Novels

The conquest of Gaul and the figures of Caesar and his generals as well as the fascinating aspects of the Roman army are presented in a personal way through the eyes of a young legionary soldier.

A young slave is confronted by the conspiracy of his master Catiline.

A stirring novel of Vercingertorix, defender of the Gauls against Caesar’s invasion. From the view point of a young Gaul with Roman associations.

Gaius, a young Roman aristocrat in Caesar’s Tenth Legion, takes part in the invasion of Britain, is captured, and designated for sacrifice by the Druids; only a British princess can save him.

Dumnorix the Aeduan, sold into slavery and given the Roman name of Pugnax, becomes a gladiator at Rome and encounters undreamed of adventures

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