Christopher Hart (born 1965) is an English novelist and journalist.
He was educated at Cheltenham College (expelled), Leicester University (dropped out), Oxford Polytechnic and Birkbeck College, London, where he completed a PhD on W.B.Yeats.
Under his original name he has written two contemporary novels, The Harvest and Rescue Me. Since 2001, he has written four historical novels under the pseudonym of William Napier, the last three a best-selling trilogy about Attila the Hun and the Fall of the Roman Empire.
As a journalist he has worked as Literary Editor of the Erotic Review (magazine folded) and Agony Aunt for Time Out (sacked.) He currently writes regularly for the Sunday Times, where he is lead theatre critic, and the Daily Mail.
Books (as Christopher Hart) in order of publication:
The Harvest (1999)
Rescue Me (2001)
Lost Children (2018)
Hedgelands: A Wild Wander Around Britain’s Greatest Habitat – 2024
Books (as William Napier) in order of publication:
Julia: An Epic Tale of Love And War Set in the Final Days of the Roman Empire (2001)
Attila (Attila: The Scourge of God) (2005)
Attila: The Gathering of the Storm (2007)
Attila: The Judgement (2008)
Clash of Empires: The Great Siege (2011)
Clash of Empires: The Red Sea (5 July 2012)
The Last Crusaders: Ivan the Terrible (2014)
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