Adrian Keith Goldsworthy (/ˈɡoʊldzˌwɜːrði/; born 1969) is a British historian and novelist who specialises in ancient Roman history.

He then read Ancient and Modern History at St John's College, Oxford,[1] completing a D.Phil.

Goldsworthy has appeared on History Channel documentaries and the television game show Time Commanders,[1] serving as an expert on battles being fought by the contestants, and he gave a speech about Roman history and politics to the cast of a 2010 Liverpool production of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra.

In 2010 Goldsworthy began writing a series of military novels - based not in Roman times but in the Napoleonic era and concentrating on Wellington's redcoat army, another period in which he has great interest.

[3] His first novel, True Soldier Gentlemen, was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2011 and was followed by Beat the Drums Slowly and Send Me Safely Back Again.