Paddy Docherty

Paddy Docherty was educated at Oxford University, where he also won a Blue for boxing and was Junior Dean of Brasenose College. Born in Scotland and raised in Gloucestershire in the west of England, Paddy has also lived in Africa and the Middle East, and currently lives in Prague. He has been a ranch hand, chef, oil & gas consultant, internet entrepreneur, shipbroker and investment banker.

Shortlisted for the Longman/History Today Book of the Year Award 2008, Paddy's first book, The Khyber Pass: a History of Empire & Invasion , was chosen as a Financial Times Book of the Year 2007.

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