Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
Nicholas Hugh Sebag-Montefiore (born 5 March 1955) is a British writer. He trained as a barrister before becoming a journalist and then a non-fiction writer. His second book Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man was published in 2006. His previous book is Enigma: The Battle for the Code, the story of breaking the German Enigma machine code at Bletchley Park during the Second World War (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000).[1] His family owned Bletchley Park until they sold it to the British government in 1938.
In 2016, Somme: Into the Breach appeared in time for the 100th anniversary of the
He has been married since 1989 to
Family history
Montefiore's father, Stephen Eric Sebag-Montefiore, was descended from a line of wealthy
References
- ^ "Hugh Sebag-Montefiore books and biography | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Somme: Into the Breach by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore review". The Observer. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
The author's own great-grandfather, Cecil Sebag-Montefiore, we learn, killed himself after serving with the Royal Engineers on the western front.
- ^ Hitchens, Christopher (26 January 2007). "Review: Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's "Dunkirk"". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 13 December 2017 – via The New York Times.
The author's own cousin, Denzil Sebag-Montefiore, may have been one of the few Jewish platoon commanders on those gruesome beaches...
- ^ "Sir Moses Montefiore, Baronet | British philanthropist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "MONTEFIORE - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
Bibliography
- Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man ISBN 0-670-91082-1
- Somme: Into the Breach Belknap Press, 2016 ISBN 978-0-674-54519-9)
External links
- Official website
- Hugh Sebag-Montefiore on The Guardian
- Hugh Sebag-Montefiore Archived 3 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine on Penguin Books
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