Alan Palmer

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Alan Warwick Palmer (born September 28, 1926 in Ilford ) is a British author of historical and biographical books.

Life

Palmer attended Bancroft School in Woodford Green before going to Oriel College , Oxford , England . From 1953 to 1969 he was Head of the History Department at Highgate School in London . On September 1, 1951, he married Veronica Mary (nee Cordell). For more than forty years he and his wife have devoted themselves to historical research and writing.

Awards and honors

Publications (selection)

Palmer's publications include several dozen individual representations and reference works, some of which are also available translated into German and French.

  • with Carlisle Aylmer Macartney: Independent Eastern Europe. A history. Macmillan, London / St. Martins's Press, New York City, New York, USA 1962.
  • Napoleon in Russia. André Deutsch, London 1967
    • Napoleon in Russia. translated by Hans Jürgen Baron von Koskull. GB Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1969.
  • Russia in War and Peace. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1972, ISBN 0-297-99565-0 .
  • Alexander I .: Tsar of War and Peace. Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1974, ISBN 0-297-76700-3 .
    • Alexander I. The enigmatic tsar. Ullstein, Berlin / Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-548-35402-5 .
  • Princes of Wales. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 1979, ISBN 0-297-77691-6 .
  • Twilight of the Habsburgs: The Life and Times of Emperor Francis Joseph. Phoenix Giant, London 1997, ISBN 1-85799-869-3 .
    • Franz Joseph I: Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. List, Munich / Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-471-78431-4 .
  • Metternich: Councilor of Europe. New edition. Phoenix Giant, 1997, ISBN 1-85799-868-5 .
  • The Kaiser: Warlord of the Second Reich . Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1978, ISBN 0-297-77393-3 .
    • Kaiser Wilhelm II: splendor and end of the Prussian dynasty . Molden, Vienna / Munich 1982, ISBN 3-217-00984-3 .
  • Bismarck. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1976, ISBN 0-297-77072-1 .
  • The Chancelleries of Europe.
    • The splendor and decline of diplomacy: The secret policy of European law firms from the Congress of Vienna to the outbreak of World War I. Claassen, Düsseldorf 1986, ISBN 3-546-47352-3 .
  • Banner of Battle: Story of the Crimean War. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1987, ISBN 0-297-79042-0 .
  • Crowned Cousins: The Anglo-German Royal Connection. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1985, ISBN 0-297-78711-X .
    • Crowned cousins: German nobility on European thrones. Claassen, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-546-47354-X .
  • with Veronica Palmer : The Chronology of British History. 1992.
  • The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire . 1992, John Murray, London. (New edition: Fall River Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4351-3951-0 )
  • Who's Who in World Politics? From 1860 to the Present Day. Routledge, London / New York 1996, ISBN 0-415-13161-8 .
  • Who's who in Shakespeare's England. Methuen, London 2000, ISBN 0-413-74710-7 .
  • The Salient: Ypres 1914-1918. Constable, London 2007, ISBN 978-1-84119-633-6 .
  • East End: Four Centuries of London Life. Faber & Faber, London 2011, ISBN 978-0-571-27537-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Palmer, Alan Warwick. In: The International authors and writers who's who. Volume 7. Ely 1989, p. 512 ( books.google.com ).
personal data
SURNAME Palmer, Alan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Palmer, Alan Warwick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author and historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Ilford