Alexander Rose (author)
| Alexander Rose | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | historian |
| Language | English |
| Education | Cambridge University |
| Genre | non-fiction |
| Subject |
American history British history |
| Notable works | Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring |
Alexander Rose (born 1971) is an author and a historian.
Early life
Born in the United States, Rose was raised in Australia and Britain and educated at Cambridge University. He was awarded a doctorate for his thesis, Radar Strategy: The Air Dilemma and British Politics, 1932–1937.
Career
He worked as a journalist for several years, including as an editorial writer for the Daily Telegraph (UK) and the National Post (Canada). He has authored Kings in the North: The House of Percy in British History, a biography of some thirteen generations of the barons and earls of Northumberland between 1066 and 1485, Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring (a detailed account of George Washington's personal spies, the Culper Ring), as well as American Rifle: A Biography, describing how America's military firearms shaped the country's history and vice versa. He is a member of the United States Commission on Military History, the Society for Military History, and the Royal Historical Society, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. Renamed Turn: Washington's Spies, Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring is currently airing on AMC as a television series.[1]
Rose has written for the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Washington Post, the New York Observer, the CIA journal Studies in Intelligence, MHQ: The Quarterly of Military History, Invention & Technology, Intelligence & National Security, The National Interest, and the English Historical Review.
Filmography
| Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | TV Series | Credit | Notes |
| 2015 | Turn: Washington's Spies | Writer | Episode:
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Reviews
Publications
- Rose, Alexander (2002). Kings in the North: The House of Percy in British History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-81860-1. OCLC 45338102.
- Rose, Alexander. Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring. New York: Bantam Books, 2006. ISBN 0-553-80421-9 OCLC 64230502
- Rose, Alexander. American Rifle: A Biography. New York: Bantam Dell, 2008. ISBN 0-553-80517-7 OCLC 191922709
- Rose, Alexander (2015). Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima. Random House. ISBN 0-553-80518-5. OCLC 885313615.
References
External links
- Home page
- Interview on Washington's Spies at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
- Works by or about Alexander Rose in libraries (WorldCat catalog)