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Andro Linklater (born 10 December 1944, Scotland) is a non-fiction writer, and historian.

Life

Andro Ian Robert Linklater is the youngest son of Eric Linklater. His brother is journalist, Magnus Linklater and his sisters are the voice expert Kristin Linklater and painter, Sally Linklater. His nephew, son of Kristin, is film actor Hamish Linklater

He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where he read Modern History. At the end of the 1960s he lived in the United States, but returned to Britain to teach in Scotland and London, before turning to writing after his father's death in 1974.

His widely acclaimed book Measuring America has led to a series of illuminating books on American history, about which he is an accomplished speaker.[1]

Andro Linklater's latest book focuses on the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval, looking at the conspiracy theories surrounding it, and revealing the historical context. Antony Beevor has called it 'a beautifully written portrait.'[2]

His work has appeared in Prospect Magazine,[3] The Spectator,[4] The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Reader's Digest and Daily Mail.

Andro is married to photographer Marie-Louise Avery and lives in Kent.

Works

  • An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson. Walker & Company. September 29, 2009. ISBN 9780802717207.
  • The Fabric of America: How Our Borders and Boundaries Shaped the Country and Forged Our National Identity. Walker & Co. 2007.
  • Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy. Walker & Co. 2002. ISBN 9780802713964.
  • The code of love: the true story of two lovers torn apart by the war that brought them together. Doubleday. 2001. ISBN 9780385501156. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  • The code of love: a true story. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2000. ISBN 9780297643586.
  • Wild People: Travels with Borneo's Head-Hunters. Atlantic Monthly Press. 1994. ISBN 9780871134776. (1st edition 1990)
  • Compton Mackenzie: a life. B. Blackwell. 1988. ISBN 9781557860101.
  • An unhusbanded life: Charlotte Despard : suffragette, socialist, and Sinn Feiner. Hutchinson. 1980.
  • Amazing Maisie and the Cold Porridge Brigade. Pantheon Books. 1978. ISBN 9780394940090.
  • The Black Watch: the history of the Royal Highland Regiment. Barrie & Jenkins. 1977. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

References

  1. ^ http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2007/06-21-andro-linklater.jsp
  2. ^ http://www.bloomsbury.com/Why-Spencer-Perceval-Had-to-Die/Andro-Linklater/books/details/9781408828403
  3. ^ http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2002/08/lifelibertyproperty/
  4. ^ http://www.spectator.co.uk/search/search.thtml?search=Andro%20Linklater&a=816&s=&t=&y=

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