Iain MacGregor is the author of the acclaimed history of Cold War Berlin: “Checkpoint Charlie”, and the recently published “The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth Behind WWII’s Greatest Battle”, a revelatory history drawing on newly discovered and unpublished sources.
As a student of modern history, Iain visited East Germany, the Baltic and the Soviet Union in the early 1980s and has since travelled widely throughout the continent. In his career as an editor and publisher of nonfiction he has published books on every aspect of the twentieth century working alongside bestselling and award-winning authors such as Sir Max Hastings, Sir Simon Schama, William Taubman and David Grann.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, has spoken at many literary festivals and conferences in the UK and abroad, appeared on podcasts such as The Rest is History and on television documentaries. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the Spectator, the New Statesman, and the Guardian. He lives in London.
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