Alexander Rose (author)
Alexander Rose | |
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| Occupation | Historian |
| Language | English |
| Education | Cambridge University |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Subject | American history British history |
| Notable works | Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring |
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Alexander Rose (born 1971) is an author and a historian.
Early life
Born in the United States, Rose was raised in Australia and Britain and educated at Cambridge University.[1] He was awarded a doctorate for his thesis, Radar Strategy: The Air Dilemma and British Politics, 1932–1937.
Career
He worked as a journalist for several years, including as an editorial writer for the Daily Telegraph (UK) and the National Post (Canada). He has authored Kings in the North: The House of Percy in British History, a biography of some thirteen generations of the barons and earls of Northumberland between 1066 and 1485, Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring (a detailed account of George Washington's personal spies, the Culper Ring), as well as American Rifle: A Biography, describing how America's military firearms shaped the country's history and vice versa. He is a member of the United States Commission on Military History, the Society for Military History, and the Royal Historical Society, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. Renamed Turn: Washington's Spies, Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring aired on AMC as a television series.[2][3]
Rose has written for the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Washington Post, the New York Observer, the CIA journal Studies in Intelligence, MHQ: The Quarterly of Military History, Invention & Technology, Intelligence & National Security, The National Interest, and the English Historical Review.[4][5]
Filmography
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| Year | TV Series | Credit | Notes |
| 2015–2017 | Turn: Washington's Spies | Writer | Episodes:
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| 2017 | Edmund Hewlett's aide | (uncredited) Episode:
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Reviews
Publications
- Rose, Alexander (2002). Kings in the North: The House of Percy in British History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-81860-1. OCLC 45338102.
- Rose, Alexander. Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring. New York: Bantam Books, 2006. ISBN 0-553-80421-9 OCLC 64230502
- Rose, Alexander. American Rifle: A Biography. New York: Bantam Dell, 2008. ISBN 0-553-80517-7 OCLC 191922709
- Rose, Alexander (2015). Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima. Random House. ISBN 0-553-80518-5. OCLC 885313615.
References
- ^ "Alexander Rose | Bookreporter.com". www.bookreporter.com.
- ^ "TURN: Washington's Spies - AMC". AMC.
- ^ "Interview with Alexander Rose, the Author who Inspired TURN". Journal of the American Revolution. June 15, 2017.
- ^ "Alexander Rose: Men of War | Pritzker Military Museum & Library | Chicago". www.pritzkermilitary.org.
- ^ "Alexander Rose".
External links
- Home page
- Interview on Washington's Spies at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
- Template:Worldcat id
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Alexander Rose at IMDb
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