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==Works== |
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* ''Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World''<ref>Yardley, Jonathan. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050101345.html "Book Review: 'Cleopatra and Antony' by Diana Preston"]. ''The Washington Post''.</ref> |
* ''Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World''<ref>Yardley, Jonathan. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050101345.html "Book Review: 'Cleopatra and Antony' by Diana Preston"]. ''The Washington Post''.</ref> |
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* ''The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan'' |
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* {{cite book|title=Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ci92BwAAQBAJ|date=5 May 2015|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-63286-085-9}} |
* {{cite book|title=Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ci92BwAAQBAJ|date=5 May 2015|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-63286-085-9}} |
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* {{cite book|title=Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jugJLOvfWRcC|date=26 May 2009|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-0-8027-1819-8}} |
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* ''Remember the Lusitania!'' |
* ''Remember the Lusitania!'', Raincoast Book Distribution, 2003, ISBN 9781551926421 |
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* ''A Brief History of the Boxer Rebellion: China's War on Foreigners, 1900'' |
* ''A Brief History of the Boxer Rebellion: China's War on Foreigners, 1900'' |
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* {{cite book|title=The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=iWxKQejMtlMC|date=1 June 2000|publisher=Walker|isbn=978-0-8027-1361-2}}<ref>[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/diana-preston/the-boxer-rebellion/ "The Boxer Rebellion"]. ''Kirkus Reviews''</ref> |
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* ''A First Rate Tragedy: Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions'' |
* ''A First Rate Tragedy: Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions'' |
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*{{cite book|title=A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=c4ecAXUxxDMC|date=26 May 2009|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-0-8027-1813-6}} |
*{{cite book|title=A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=c4ecAXUxxDMC|date=26 May 2009|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-0-8027-1813-6}} |
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*{{cite book|title=The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ua1f2EB5sBkC|date=14 February 2012|publisher=Walker|isbn=978-0-8027-7982-3}} <ref>{{cite news|last1=Isby|first1=David|title=“The Dark Defile” by Diana Preston|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-dark-defile-by-diana-preston/2012/02/27/gIQANcHy1R_story.html|work=The Washington Post|date=March 9, 2012}}</ref> |
*{{cite book|title=The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ua1f2EB5sBkC|date=14 February 2012|publisher=Walker|isbn=978-0-8027-7982-3}} <ref>{{cite news|last1=Isby|first1=David|title=“The Dark Defile” by Diana Preston|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-dark-defile-by-diana-preston/2012/02/27/gIQANcHy1R_story.html|work=The Washington Post|date=March 9, 2012}}</ref> |
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*''Wilful Murder: the Sinking of the Lusitania'', Transworld Publishers Limited, 2015, ISBN 9780857522931 |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 23:13, 26 May 2015
Diana Preston is a British historian, and author. She also writes under the pen name Alex Rutherford.
Life
She was educated at Oxford University.
She is married to Michael Preston.
Works
- Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World[1]
- Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy. Bloomsbury Publishing. 5 May 2015. ISBN 978-1-63286-085-9.
- Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima. Bloomsbury Publishing. 26 May 2009. ISBN 978-0-8027-1819-8.
- Remember the Lusitania!, Raincoast Book Distribution, 2003, ISBN 9781551926421
- A Brief History of the Boxer Rebellion: China's War on Foreigners, 1900
- The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900. Walker. 1 June 2000. ISBN 978-0-8027-1361-2.[2]
- A First Rate Tragedy: Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions
- A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier. Bloomsbury Publishing. 26 May 2009. ISBN 978-0-8027-1813-6.
- The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842. Walker. 14 February 2012. ISBN 978-0-8027-7982-3. [3]
- Wilful Murder: the Sinking of the Lusitania, Transworld Publishers Limited, 2015, ISBN 9780857522931
References
- ^ Yardley, Jonathan. "Book Review: 'Cleopatra and Antony' by Diana Preston". The Washington Post.
- ^ "The Boxer Rebellion". Kirkus Reviews
- ^ Isby, David (March 9, 2012). ""The Dark Defile" by Diana Preston". The Washington Post.
External links
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 Book Discussion on A Higher Form of Killing, C-SPAN, May 5, 2015 | |
| Book Discussion on Before the Fallout, C-SPAN, April 29, 2006 | |
| Book Discussion on Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy, C-SPAN, May 10, 2002 |