Andrew Roberts, Baron Roberts of Belgravia
English historian and journalist (born 1963) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Andrew Roberts, Baron Roberts of Belgravia, FRSL FRHistS[2] (born 13 January 1963),[3] is an English popular historian, journalist and member of the House of Lords.[4] He is the Roger and Martha Mertz Visiting Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a Lehrman Institute Distinguished Lecturer at the New-York Historical Society. He served as a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery from 2013 to 2021.[5][6]
The Lord Roberts of Belgravia | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 1 November 2022 Life peerage | |
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Born | (1963-01-13) 13 January 1963 (age 61) Hammersmith, London, England |
Political party | Conservative |
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Education | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
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Awards | Wolfson History Prize (2000) |
Website | andrew-roberts |
Roberts' historical research has focused mostly on English-speaking nations, particularly those closely tied socially to the United Kingdom such as the United States.[7] As an author, Roberts is well-known internationally for his 2009 non-fiction work The Storm of War,[8][9] which covers socio-political factors of the Second World War such as Adolf Hitler's rise to power and the administrative organisation of Nazi Germany. The work received the British Army Military Book of the Year Award for 2010 as well. It achieved commercial success, reaching the No. 2 slot on The Sunday Times best-seller list.[8] Much of Roberts' later work, including his 2014 and 2018 biographies of Napoleon Bonaparte and of Winston Churchill, has been widely praised. Roberts' public commentary has additionally appeared in several UK-based publications such as The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, with his support for Atlanticist views in terms of international relations.