Alan Palmer

Alan Warwick Palmer (born 1926) is a British author of historical and biographical books.

Background

Palmer was educated at Bancroft's School, Woodford Green, London, and Oriel College, Oxford. He spent 19 years as senior history teacher at Highgate School before becoming a full-time writer and researcher. His late wife, Veronica Palmer collaborated on several of his books.

Honours and awards

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1980.

Bibliography

Biographies

• Twilight of the Habsburgs: The Life and Times of Emperor Francis Joseph (1997). ISBN 978-0-87113-665-7.
• A Brief History of Napoleon in Russia
• Kings and Queens of England
• Napoleon & Marie Louise: the Emperor's second wife
• Bernadotte: Napoleon's Marshal, Sweden's King
• The Life and Times of George IV
• Metternich
• Template:Link language Metternich. Der Staatsmann Europas (1986). ISBN 978-3-546-47346-0.
• Alexander I: Tsar of war and peace
  • Template:Link language Alexander I. Gegenspieler Napoleons (1984). ISBN 978-3-453-55114-5.
  • Template:Link language Alexander I. Der rätselhafte Zar, Ullstein, Berlin (1994). ISBN 3-548-35402-5.
• The Kaiser: Warlord of the Second Reich (1978). ISBN 978-0-297-77393-1.
• Bismarck
• Kemal Atatürk (Makers of the 20th Century)
• Princes of Wales
• The Royal House of Greece
• The Chancelleries of Europe
• Franz Joseph I
• Frederick The Great
• Sam Boyce (Australia)

History

• The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire (1993). ISBN 978-0-87131-754-4.
  • Template:Link language Verfall und Untergang des Osmanischen Reiches (1997). ISBN 978-3-453-11768-6.
• Victory, 1918
• Nations and empires
• Age of optimism
• Fictional minds
• The gardeners of Salonika
• Russia in War and Peace London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson (1972). ISBN 0-297-99565-0.
• The Baltic: A New History of the Region and Its People
• Northern Shores: A History of the Baltic Sea and Its Peoples (2005). ISBN 978-0-7195-6287-7. (2006). ISBN 978-0-7195-6299-0.
• Napoleon in Russia
• Napoleon's Russian Campaign (2003). ISBN 978-0-7867-1263-2.
• Banner of Battle: Story of the Crimean War (1987). ISBN 978-0-297-79042-6.
• East End: Four Centuries of London Life (2000). ISBN 978-0-7195-5666-1. (2004). ISBN 978-0-7195-6640-0.
• The Salient (2007). ISBN 978-1-84119-633-6.

Reference works

• A dictionary of modern history, 1789–1945
• The Penguin Dictionary of Twentieth Century History
• Penguin Dictionary of Modern History, 1789–1945
• Quotations in History: A Dictionary of Historical Quotations
• Who's Who in Modern History
• An Encyclopaedia of Napoleon's Europe (1984). ISBN 978-0094787001.
• The Facts on File Dictionary of 20th Century History
• Dictionary of the British Empire and Commonwealth
• Who's Who in World Politics
• A Dictionary of Modern Politics
• The Chronology of British History