ALEX VON TUNZELMANN

Author, Screenwriter, Historian

Books

Alex’s latest book BLOOD & SAND was published in 2016.

BLOOD & SAND

SUEZ, HUNGARY AND THE CRISIS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD

Over sixteen extraordinary days in October and November 1956, the twin crises of Suez and Hungary pushed the world to the brink of a nuclear conflict and what many at the time were calling World War III.

REEL HISTORY

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE MOVIES

Was the printing press invented by King Arthur? Did William 'Braveheart' Wallace father Edward III of England? And did Jon Bon Jovi rescue an Enigma machine during World War II?

RED HEAT

CONSPIRACY, MURDER AND THE COLD WAR IN THE CARIBBEAN

America's secret war in the Caribbean during the Cold War is revealed as never before in this riveting story of the machinations and blunders of superpowers, and the daring of the mavericks who took them on.

INDIAN SUMMER

THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE END OF AN EMPIRE

The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million Indians from the British Empire.

Feature Film

CHURCHILL (2017)
Director: Jonathan Teplitsky
Stars: Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, James Purefoy
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Television

MEDICI, MASTERS OF FLORENCE (I MEDICI) (2016–)
Series director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Created by: Nicholas Meyer & Frank Spotnitz
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Richard Madden, Frances Barber, Stuart Martin
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About

Alex von Tunzelmann read Modern History at University College, Oxford, and now lives in London. She is the author of four books and writes drama for film and television. She writes the occasional column Reel History at The Guardian.

Reel History

Contact

If you have a rights inqury, or want to inquire about arranging speaking engagements or other apprearances, please contact Alex's agents.

Literary Agent
Natasha Fairweather
020 7221 3717
info@rcwlitagency.com

Film & Television
Yasmin McDonald
020 3214 0994
ymcdonald@unitedagents.co.uk