Name Alex Tunzelmann Role Author | ||
Books Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire | ||
Book Launch - A God in Every Stone (LLF 2014)
Alex von Tunzelmann (born 1977) is a British historian and author.
Contents
- Book Launch A God in Every Stone LLF 2014
- India Cultural Conundrum LLF 2014
- Early life and ancestry
- Education
- Books and writings
- Personal life
- References
India, Cultural Conundrum ? (LLF 2014)
Early life and ancestry
Tunzelmann has stated her surname is of German ancestry originating in Saxony in Germany and has family connections from Estonia since 1600 and New Zealand since 1850.
Education
Tunzelmann was educated at Brighton and Hove High School, an independent school for girls in Brighton, and at University College at the University of Oxford. She read history and edited both Cherwell and Isis.
Books and writings
Tunzelmann has contributed to The Political Animal by Jeremy Paxman, The Truth About Markets by John Kay, Does Education Matter? by Alison Wolf, and Not on the Label by Felicity Lawrence. She has been recognized as a Financial Times Young Business Writer of the Year. Most recently she has collaborated with Jeremy Paxman on his book, On Royalty.
Recently, Tunzelmann has begun writing a weekly column for The Guardian entitled "Reel history", in which she discusses and rates popular films for their historical accuracy. She has also written for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, Conde Nast Traveller, BBC Lonely Planet Magazine, and The Daily Beast. She is currently working on a book about the Suez Crisis of 1956. A film based on her book Indian Summer is currently in development with Working Title Films.
Tunzelmann wrote the script for the 2017 film Churchill about Churchill and Operation Overlord. She has appeared on the literary discussion radio programme Litbits on Resonance FM, discussing literature and hair.
Personal life
Tunzelmann has worked primarily as a researcher and lives in London.