Ben Wilson (author)

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Benjamin Kenneth Wilson (born 1980) is a British historian. He is best known for his 2009 book What Price Liberty? which won the Somerset Maugham Award, and the bestselling history of the British Navy titled Empire of the Deep (2013). Other titles include Heyday:The Dawn of the Golden Age, Metropolis: A History of Humankind’s Greatest Invention and Urban Jungle. [1] His books have been widely praised by critics. [2] [3] [4]

Wilson graduated with a BA in History from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 2001. [5] He contributes regularly to broadcast and print media, and has written for The Spectator, The Literary Review, and The Guardian among others.

References

  1. ↑ "Ben Wilson". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  2. ↑ Sweet, Matthew (7 July 2016). "Heyday by Ben Wilson review – the birth of the modern world | History books". The Guardian. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  3. ↑ "Urban Jungle by Ben Wilson review — rewilding the concrete metropolis". thetimes.com. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  4. ↑ Sullivan, Robert (10 November 2020). "2020/11/10/books/review/ben-wilson-metropolis". The New York Times . Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  5. ↑ "Congregations of the Regent House on 28, 29, and 30 June 2001". Cambridge University Reporter . 11 July 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
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