About the Author

Peter Snow is a highly respected journalist, author and broadcaster. He was ITN's Diplomatic and Defence Correspondent from 1966 to 1979 and presented BBC's Newsnight from 1980 to 1997. For many years he was an indispensable part of election nights. Dan Snow is a historian who has researched, written and presented several documentaries and appears regularly on the BBC's One Show as their "History Man". His writing has appeared in The Times, the Sunday Times, the Guardian, the Daily Express and BBC History Magazine.