David Capel


Catharsis is David Capel’s first novel, and is the first in the East & West trilogy. The forthcoming sequels will follow John Lascaris amidst the intrigues of Constantinople, on diplomatic missions to the West, and finally as he joins the combined armies of Christendom on the First Crusade.

David Capel studied Byzantine history at the University of Edinburgh and has travelled extensively throughout the Byzantine world. He is a journalist, writer and researcher. He lives with his wife and two children in the Scottish Borders.