I was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in India, where I grew up and went to school, travelling widely in Europe on occasional extended visits. I left in 1968 at the age of 18 and after a year at University in Göttingen in Germany settled in London, where I have lived ever since.I have a degree in Medieval History from the University of London. I have had a variety of jobs, which have included Bollywood movie extra (while I was supposed to be at school, unknown to my longsuffering parents), fork lift truck driver (while at University to earn some money), and freelance accountant. My passions are history, writing and music, and I have several writing projects underway at the moment.Apart from my writing, I have composed classical music and regularly play jazz bass with friends.