Draft:Víctor Lluís Pérez Garcia

Víctor Lluís Pérez Garcia (Tarragona, 1980) is a Catalan history teacher, archaeology researcher, writer and orientalist, expert in poliorcetics and polemology.

Biography
Among his university degrees, he holds a bachelor in history, a master’s degree in East Asian studies from the Open University of Catalonia (Barcelona), with a thesis on Japanese castles, and a doctorate in archaeology from the Rovira i Virgili University (Tarragona), obtained with a thesis on Roman walls. .

In 2004 his first novel, La venjança d’al-Mansur (Al-Mansur’s revenge), was finalist of the 24th Ramon Llull Novel Award in Catalan language (Barcelona) and in 2005 he won the Domènec Guansé Grant-Award for Literary Creation (Tarragona) with the novel El Trident del Drac (The Dragon’s Trident).

He is also the author of numerous academic articles and several monographs, mainly on ancient fortresses from Rome and East Asia, written in Catalan, English, Spanish and Italian.

Since 2005 he teaches regularly history at high schools in Catalonia and, occasionally, gives several lectures and seminars on East Asia art and archaeology at universities and other institutions.

In 2018 he founded in Tarragona the independent publishing imprint Edicions Excalibur.

He is also the main responsible of Arkeo Channel, an online video channel of short archaeological documentaries, an educative project of cultural interest created in 2016

Books on archaeology and history

 * Anàlisi comparativa dels feudalismes japonès i europeu: aspectes militars i fortificacions (Comparative analysis of Japanese and European Feudalism: Military aspects and fortifications). Vision Libros, 2010. ISBN 9788498868661
 * Fortificacions i espai urbà al Conventus Tarraconensis (Fortifications and urban space in the Conventus Tarraconensis). Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2011. Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa https://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/34751
 * Historical texts on the Roman military camp (300 BC–AD 500). Edicions Excalibur, 2019. ISBN 9788417793050
 * The Catalan Kamasutra and other medieval sex manuals. Edicions Excalibur, 2022. ISBN 9788417793166

Novels

 * La venjança d’al-Mansur (Al-Mansur’s revenge). Vision Libros, 2009. ISBN 9788498865615
 * The quest for Shambhala. Edicions Excalibur, 2018. ISBN 9788417793012