David Crane (historian)
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David Crane is a Scottish historian and author.
Crane read history and English at Oxford University before becoming a lecturer at universities in the Netherlands, Japan, and Africa. He lives in northwest Scotland.
He has written two books about Lord Byron and his family; a biography of explorer Robert Falcon Scott; and a book about World War I grave monuments. He has also written a book about The Battle of Waterloo called Went the Day Well? (Witnessing Waterloo).
Awards and honours
- 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize shortlist for Empires of the Dead[1]
- 2013 Hessell-Tiltman Prize shortlist for Empires of the Dead[2]
Bibliography
- Lord Byron's Jackal: A Life of Trelawny (1999)[3]
- The Kindness of Sisters: Annabella Milbanke and the Destruction of the Byrons (2002), held in 390 libraries according to WorldCat[4]
- Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage and Tragedy in the Extreme South (2006)[5]
- Empires of the Dead: How One Man's Vision led to the Creation of WWI's World Graves (2013)
- Went the Day Well? (Witnessing Waterloo) (2015)
References
- ^ Charlotte Higgins (30 September 2013). "Samuel Johnson prize 2013 shortlist – in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ Timothy R. Smith (9 April 2014). "David Reynolds wins PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ WorldCat
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