Frederick Taylor (historian)
- Frederick Taylor (historian)
Frederick Taylor is a British historian and author of such works as "Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945" (2004) about the bombing of Dresden in World War II.
He was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and read History and Modern Languages at Oxford University. He did postgraduate work at Sussex University specializing in the rise of the extreme right in Germany in the early 20th century. He translated the "Goebbels Diaries, 1939-41" (1982) into English and also wrote some novels set in Germany. [ [http://www.bloomsbury.com/authors/microsite.asp?id=639§ion=1 Bloomsbury author information Frederick Taylor] ]
Bibliography
Novels
*"Walking Shadows". London: St Martins, 1985. ISBN 0-312-85457-9.
* "The Peacebrokers" London Random House UK, 1992 ISBN 0-7126-2914-9 Fact|date=February 2007
Non-fiction
* "Kinder Garden". London: Random House UK, 1994. ISBN 0-09-968400-4
* "Operation Thunderclap". London: Bloomsbury, 2003. ISBN 0-7475-5473-0
* "Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945". London: Bloomsbury, 2004. ISBN 0-7475-7078-7
* "The Berlin Wall: 13 August 1961 - 9 November 1989". London: Bloomsbury, 2006. ISBN 0-7475-8015-4
Translations
* Translated "Goebbels Diaries 1939-41". London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. ISBN 0-241-10893-4
References
External links
* [http://www.fredericktaylorhistory.com/main.htm Frederick Taylor's website]
* [http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,341239,00.html Spiegel Online: "Dresden Bombing Is To Be Regretted Enormously", February 11 2005]
* [http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,368000,00.html Spiegel Online: The Countdown to Annihilation and the Legacy of the A-Bomb, August 3 2005]
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