About the Author

Peter Snow (foreword writer)
Peter Snow MBE is a journalist, author, and broadcaster. He was ITN's Diplomatic and Defence Correspondent 1966-79, and presented Newsnight 1980-97. In 2004, Peter and his son Dan presented the BAFTA-winning Battlefield Britain for BBC2, and the series Twentieth Century Battlefields. Together they wrote two books to accompany the series, and the book Treasures of British History (2015). Peter's own books include To War with Wellington (2010) and When Britain Burned the White House (2013).