Roger Moorhouse

Not to be confused with Roger Moore.

Roger Moorhouse (born 1968) is a British historian and author. Born in Stockport, Cheshire, he was raised in Hertfordshire and attended Berkhamsted School. Inspired to return to education by the East European Revolutions of 1989, Moorhouse enrolled in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies of the University of London in 1990 to study history and politics. He graduated with an MA in 1994 and has since studied at the universities of Düsseldorf and Strathclyde.[1]

Whilst a student, Moorhouse began working as a researcher for Professor Norman Davies. He collaborated with Professor Davies on many of the latter’s recent publications, including Europe: A History, The Isles: A History, and Rising ’44. This working relationship culminated in 2002 with the publication, in three languages, of a co-authored study of the history of the city of Wrocław (the former German Breslau) entitled Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City.

2006 saw the publication of Killing Hitler, Moorhouse’s first solo book. An account of the numerous attempts on Hitler’s life, the book has been published in numerous other languages, including German, Spanish, Chinese, Italian and Japanese. In a CNN news report of 3 September 2011, Killing Hitler was shown on Saadi Gaddafi's desk after he had fled his office in the wake of the collapse of the Gaddafi regime in Libya. Reporter Nic Robertson suggested that Saadi Gaddafi had been reading the book prior to his flight.[2]

Moorhouse's most recent book - entitled Berlin at War - is a social history of Berlin during World War II, which was published in the summer of 2010. Based on first-hand material such as unpublished diaries, memoirs and interviews, the book gives a unique "Berlin-eye view" of the war. Writing in the Financial Times, Andrew Roberts said of it that: "Few books on the war genuinely increase the sum of our collective knowledge of this exhaustively covered period, but this one does."[3] "Berlin at War" was listed amongst the books of the year for 2010 by the Daily Telegraph, American Spectator Magazine and others, and was shortlisted for the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for history, where it was cited as "highly commended".[4]

A fluent German speaker, Moorhouse is a specialist in modern German history, particularly Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. In this capacity, he is a regular contributor to the BBC History magazine, a book reviewer for a number of publications - including the Independent on Sunday, the Financial Times and History Today - and an occasional commentator on television and radio.

Moorhouse is also a regular public speaker and has lectured to both academic and non-specialist audiences. In recent years, as well as appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the London History Festival, he has been a guest speaker on Discovery Cruises in the Baltic Sea. In 2011, Moorhouse served as a guide and lecturer on an eight-day educational tour of Germany, focusing on the history of the Third Reich, and organised by Historical Trips Ltd. He will lead a similar tour in the summer of 2012.[5]

A member of the British-German Association, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Moorhouse is married with two children and lives in Buckinghamshire.

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Books authored

Contributions

Academic publications

TV/DVD/radio appearances

Awards and shortlisting

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References

  1. ^ http://www.rogermoorhouse.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=28
  2. ^ http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/09/02/robertson-saadi-gadhafi-house.cnn?iref=allsearch
  3. ^ Financial Times, 7 August 2010, Andrew Roberts, 'Battle for Berlin'
  4. ^ http://www.englishpen.org/prizes/hesselltiltmanarchiveandhist/
  5. ^ http://www.historicaltrips.com/

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