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^ Random House of Canada (1 September 2011).^ "Cheating student flees to Germany".

Family Estonian since c1600, New Zealanders since c1850. "German origin but from Saxony, not Prussia.

^ von Tunzelmann, Alex (10 April 2014).

She also wrote episodes of the RAI period drama Medici, focusing on the powerful Florentine family.Ī film based on her book Indian Summer is currently in development with Working Title Films. Tunzelmann wrote the script for the movie Churchill, a film that received mixed reviews, with some publications citing numerous historical inaccuracies. She appears regularly on Sky News and on BBC current affairs programmes. She has appeared on the literary discussion radio programme Litbits on Resonance FM, discussing literature and hair.

It was shortlisted for the 2022 Wolfson History Prize. Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History, 2021, an exploration of the stories of twelve statues or groups of statues of historical figures that later became contentious, prompted by the removal or defacement of statues during the George Floyd protests of 2020.Her overall framework is based on the idea that the Cold War was not a static phenomenon but instead dynamic and involved 'hot wars' as well. Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean, 2011, covers the relationship of the United States with Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti during the time of the Cold War. Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire, 2007, her first book, details the independence of India in 1947 and the process leading up to it, as well as the consequences after independence.She published Blood and Sand about the Suez Crisis of 1956 in 2016. She has also written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, Conde Nast Traveller, BBC Lonely Planet Magazine, and The Daily Beast. She collaborated with Jeremy Paxman on his book, On Royalty.įrom 2008 to 2016, Tunzelmann wrote a column for The Guardian entitled "Reel history", in which she discussed and rated popular films for their historical accuracy. She has been recognized as a Financial Times Young Business Writer of the Year. Tunzelmann has contributed to The Political Animal by Jeremy Paxman, The Truth About Markets by John Kay, Does Education Matter? by Alison Wolf, and Not on the Label by Felicity Lawrence. She read history and edited both Cherwell and Isis. Tunzelmann was educated at Brighton and Hove High School, an independent school for girls in Brighton, and at University College at the University of Oxford. Tunzelmann has stated that her surname is of German ancestry originating in Saxony in Germany and that she has family connections from Estonia since 1600 and New Zealand since 1850. Alex von Tunzelmann (born 1977) is a British historian, screenwriter and author.