Antony Beevor, author portrait
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Antony Beevor

Antony Beevor was educated at Winchester and Sandhurst. A regular officer in the 11th Hussars, he served in Germany and England. He has published several novels, and his works of nonfiction include The Spanish Civil War; Crete: The Battle and the Resistance, which won the 1993 Runciman Award; Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942—1943; and Berlin: The Downfall, 1945. With his wife, Artemis Cooper, he wrote Paris: After the Liberation: 1944—1949. His book Stalingrad was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, the Wolfson History Prize, and the Hawthornden Prize in 1999.
Russia
Rasputin
The Battle of Arnhem
Ardennes 1944
Crete 1941
D-Day: The Decision to Launch
D-Day
The Battle for Spain
The Mystery of Olga Chekhova
Paris After the Liberation 1944-1949
The Fall of Berlin 1945
Stalingrad

Books

Russia
Rasputin
The Battle of Arnhem
Ardennes 1944
Crete 1941
D-Day: The Decision to Launch
D-Day
The Battle for Spain
The Mystery of Olga Chekhova
Paris After the Liberation 1944-1949
The Fall of Berlin 1945
Stalingrad

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