Scott Forbes Crawford

About Scott Forbes Crawford

Based in Beijing, Scott Forbes Crawford has contributed to Medieval Warfare and Ancient History magazines, and The History Network podcast series. He co-wrote a film currently in development and is completing a novel of a Roman soldier’s adventures in Han-dynasty China.

A Hero Born • Jin Yong (translated by Anna Holmwood)

Opening Anna Holmwood’s deft translation of A Hero Born, a prefatory list of characters promises the delights waiting within. Skyfury Guo, The Seven Freaks of the South, Quick Hands Zhu Cong the Intelligent, and Twice Foul Dark Wind stand poised to jump-kick readers into a rich, thrilling, sometimes whacky world. [...]