Alex von Tunzelmann
My next guest was educated in Brighton and read history at University College, Oxford. She has worked primarily as a researcher and currently lives in London.
Traditionally published and with two books of historical nonfiction under her belt, as a young writer she also earned the accolade of becoming Runner-Up in the Young Business Writer of the year award by the esteemed newspaper The Financial Times.
More recently her books have gained the following reviews;
William Dalrymple re Indian Summer: “Unquestionably the best book I have ever read on the Independence and Partition of India and Pakistan, and pretty close to a flat-out masterpiece.”
…and this from the Winnipeg Free Press re Red Heat: “This action-packed and entertaining effort is a watershed event in the telling of American and Caribbean history, unimaginably rich in detail, scholarship, and humanity.”
Any guesses to whom I refer?
Alex von Tunzelmann has contributed to several publications including; The Political Animal
by the incredible Jeremy Paxman
, The Truth About Markets
by John Kay, Does Education Matter?
by Alison Wolf, and Not On the Label
by Felicity Lawrence.
Recognized as a Financial Times Young Business Writer of the Year, and by Vogue, Alex collaborated with Jeremy Paxman
on his book, On Royalty
.
Alex writes a weekly column for The Guardian Newspaper entitled Reel history, in which she discusses and rates popular films for their historical accuracy.
Then of course there are her own two historical nonfiction books; Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
which details the liberation of India from the British Empire and Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder and the Cold War in the Caribbean
, which covers the relationship between the United States, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti during the time of the Cold War.
All of Alex’s works attract rave reviews, here’s another small taster…
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“[A] scintillating debut … compelling narrative history, combining dramatic sweep with dishy detail.”
Toronto Sun
“Indian Summer merits the highest of all praise for a history — it reads like a novel.”
Sir Martin Gilbert, author of The Somme
“Indian Summer is a true tour de force: absorbing in its detail and masterly in the broad sweep of its canvas.”
Victoria Glendinning, author of Leonard Woolf
“Indian Summer is outstandingly vivid and authoritative. Alex von Tunzelmann brings a lively new voice to narrative history writing.”
Los Angeles Times
“Von Tunzelmann’s irreverent and irresistible popular history is both entertaining and illuminating.”
So, people, come back soon to read the full Alex von Tunzelmann Interview. But first, why not scroll down to the bottom of the page to watch a short video of Alex discussing the motives behind writing Red Heat, then bookmark this page and use the links below to visit Alex’s pages on Amazon:
Amazon (U.S. Readers) – Alex von Tunzelmann
Amazon (U.K. Readers) – Alex von Tunzelmann
The Alex von Tunzelmann interview is due to take place during June 2014.
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