David Faber

Authors

ilan kelman rose tremain ordnance survey (os) mette mcleod rachel reeves william goldsmith murad ahmed nicola skinner samuel j. halpin cat jarman chris langdon nik gowing erica brown james carson lucinda smyth irina georgescu prof. andy wood prof. marc david baer gabrielle walker skye mcalpine sophie walker james wolff lynn bushell amari koryang jamie susskind emma rosen edna adan ismail kate nicholls edmund richardson iggy kelly pietrangeli judith summers james delargy wilfred emmanuel-jones judith eagle sherry rankin professor iain mccalman mandy hickson andy stewart mackay noble rot james close eddie hall prof. catherine wilson tom boyd lord richard rogers mike fairclough adele geras david whiteman debora robertson katie hickman the financial times orlando weeks arthur mcbain marcel somerville caroline goode carolyne faulkner claire harcup ruth rogers tara sherman prof. martyn rady charli howard elaine bedell alba arikha frank tuohy rebecca o’connor camila batmangheldijh will pearson chidera eggerue paul mckenna carys jones sabina brennan richard davies life kitchen sweetpea slight alex bertie dr joanne paul martin davidson nigel reed g. j. minett dawn harris robert marshall scarlett sangster susannah constantine monique charlesworth patrick flood cath weeks edna o’brien susannah stapleton lynn brittney naomi devlin sarah langford olivia williams grace timothy natalie livingstone conrad gamble saul david lesley pearse katherine cooper gchq erling kagge vicky newham andrew zurcher will francis jean g goodhind katja ivar shaun usher june sarpong mbe dame fiona reynolds jack lowe magdalena duke heidi perks peter jukes stephen mcgann miriam gonzález durántez rob atkinson ceylan scott sian williams anthony warner sara collins natasha bell tom rhys williams shelby tucker torvill and dean colin taylor rupert shortt robert sellers robbie savage katy salter ami rao punch tommy penton jo pavey david papineau chris paling declan murphy beezy marsh rhodri marsden kellie maloney hayley long rob jovanovic james hogg johnny herbert tony hannan jonathan gornall lizzie lane hattie garlick caroline fleming jon dunn bruce dessau kimberley chambers leland carlson whitney brown alex brown kevin brennan brian blessed tom blass iain ballantyne kenny macaskill e. latimer lisa lueddecke jing-jing lee rachel sargeant carolyn t. hughes ruby wax marsha rowe sue lloyd-roberts jessica fellowes onjali q. raúf lisa thompson simon booker min kym cate haste mark thompson michael elias lee robinson jacob rees-mogg, mp joeli brearley paul gambaccini charles eugster neil woods peter higgins juliana moura lydia ripper victoria stevens josh martin max mosley mavis cheek rebecca welshman casey bourne tom wilkinson tony juniper david linley louise johncox jamie bartlett ed burstell catherine fisher sir sherard cowper-coles david blakeley jacqueline yallop graham masterton martin dorey annie gray janice hadlow jesse norman anthony storr susan greenfield gus casely-hayford alex salmond beth underdown david young james macmanus niki rein helen donohoe ross welford n.d. gomes sam norman deana puccio and allison havey abigail marsh lisa eldridge deeyah khan lisa carey elizabeth peyton-jones elizabeth day e r black barney campbell rebecca thornton clare penate j sheekey cook book steve heaney, mc caroline lea mark vanhoenacker emily elgar ayisha malik james bannon elizabeth fullerton jason morgan s.e moorhead jeremy hackett janet todd natasha garnett sarah vincent kate bevan dr helen rappaport vanessa manko richard maher adam white jake and victor maymudes edward young spela strukelj daniel stevens selina mills gaylene gould maxine clark revd richard coles beryl kingston buffalo pictures (doc martin) dr. elizabeth foyster bryony gordon iman verjee robert elms poppy campbell cecilia ekbäck matthew specktor brian cathcart the gentle author peter hain simon schama georgie thompson paula weideger daisy goodwin paul conroy neal street productions aoife walsh michael winner kishwar desai maria anderson amanda prowse sheena byrom obe hanna jameson michael heppell harriet sergeant carnival films (downton abbey) sir alistair horne silvena rowe richard foreman patricia leroy peter hall jonathan zittrain samantha scott-jeffries derry moore niall williams wade davis david loyn kaushy patel richard charlton glenn haybittle lorraine gamman ebony mckenna mary quant karen dolby mike dowling sean ryan harry benson mark dawson lucy lord phil campion jeanette winterson mark rice-oxley john lahutsky peter moore norman stone john sweeney laura santtini silver river productions helen slavin william sitwell joan smith sarah raven john rendall geoffrey robertson robert sackville-west roger scruton jill shaw ruddock james shepherd-barron james palumbo allison pearson k.a.s quinn sandy nairne patrick tilley barney white-spunner deborah mattinson simon kelner shireen jilla karl miller simon king david mclellan russell miller nicholas mosley philip norman chris patten christine webber tim rice robert skidelsky sunny jacobs and peter pringle fiona maccarthy douglas hurd hammer films henry kamen harriet harvey-wood angela huth tony lewis peter florence lynda gratton philip hook sandra howard tony fitzjohn max hastings denis healey michael heseltine ilana fox david fraser david gentleman ffion hague william hague david faber m.r.d. foot christopher bellamy terry coleman christopher duffy roland vernon e b peirse mark diacono charlie ellingworth neal ascherson paddy ashdown david davies leander deeny maureen lindley xanthe clay matthew d’ancona francis cottam hugh cornwell alec russell nick weston paul burke jonathan franklin brian moynahan george obama pauline prescott glyn prysor evgenia citkowitz lord (sebastian) coe adrian fort pattie boyd rosie boycott emma calder caroline charles jimmy burns patrick bishop bear grylls alan philps marius brill peter bowles

Speakers

Broadcasters

ilan kelman cat jarman chris langdon nik gowing gabrielle walker iggy gemma milne andy stewart mackay caroline goode chidera eggerue sabina brennan martin davidson katherine cooper will francis shaun usher jack lowe caroline fleming iain ballantyne ruby wax matthew lorenzo hannah critchlow steven lamb tom wilkinson tony juniper david linley jamie bartlett ed burstell sir sherard cowper-coles martin dorey twiggy lawson ronnie murray dr ayan panja valentine warner carla buzasi susie orbach janet reibstein susan greenfield dr. harry cliff tim atkin gus casely-hayford deana puccio and allison havey lisa eldridge dr helen rappaport revd richard coles jeanette winterson phil campion peter moore william sitwell allison pearson john rendall max hastings sandra howard philip hook mark diacono paddy ashdown nick weston

Journalists

ilan kelman murad ahmed rossalyn warren scarlett sangster susannah constantine naomi devlin olivia williams erling kagge will francis peter jukes stephen mcgann miriam gonzález durántez rob atkinson sian williams anthony warner tom rhys williams colin taylor rupert shortt robert sellers katy salter david papineau chris paling beezy marsh hayley long tony hannan jonathan gornall hattie garlick caroline fleming jon dunn bruce dessau alex brown kevin brennan brian blessed tom blass iain ballantyne jessica fellowes onjali q. raúf min kym lee robinson neil woods tony juniper jacqueline yallop martin dorey annie gray tim atkin james macmanus helen donohoe deeyah khan elizabeth peyton-jones barney campbell steve heaney, mc elizabeth fullerton jason morgan jeremy hackett revd richard coles buffalo pictures (doc martin) brian cathcart paul conroy simon schama neal street productions harriet sergeant michael heppell carnival films (downton abbey) patricia leroy richard foreman kaushy patel richard charlton david loyn glenn haybittle karen dolby mike dowling sean ryan lucy lord mark dawson harry benson phil campion mark rice-oxley john lahutsky peter moore e b peirse roland vernon mark diacono jonathan franklin nick weston pauline prescott glyn prysor brian moynahan alec russell george obama adrian fort alan philps patrick bishop jimmy burns

Estates

josephine hart desiree hamersley/meyler helen macinnes molly lefebure richard hull sue lloyd-roberts georgina howell h. m. tomlinson george bellairs gabriel fielding josephine johnson anthony masters eric ambler michael innes john creasey john b. sanford lettice cooper denis mackail mazo de la roche georges simenon r.c. hutchinson alistair mair raymond postgate jean saunders dennis wheatley leonard gribble martin armstrong kenneth allsop clement freud nora barlow w. bridges adams robin jenkins hammond innes v. s. pritchett jane aiken hodge clifford bax margery allingham phyllis bentley edmund crispin marcel boulestin nicolas freeling ann bridge margery sharp marie vassiltchikov edith sitwell mervyn peake eric linklater monica dickens evelyn prentis rebecca west frank o’connor gavin lyall hilaire belloc ivy compton-burnett e. m. forster margaret irwin colin clark catherine storr arthur koestler h. r. f. keating c. s. forester bernice rubens c. day lewis/nicholas blake

Books

Agents

giulia bernabè laura mcneill dan herron elizabeth sheinkman kate evans tessa david rebecca wearmouth jon fowler tim bates camilla shestopal jonathan sissons nelle andrew alexandra cliff adam gauntlett michael sissons and fiona petheram annabel merullo silvia molteni caroline michel marilia savvides

Publications

Munich, 1938: Appeasement and World War II

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In 1938 Europe was divided – between those who thought that Adolf Hitler’s intentions were benign, and those who knew they were not. Unfortunately the then British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, was in the former camp. He, along with his French and Italian counterparts, attended a meeting in Munich in September of that year that would go down as one of the most shameful examples of appeasing a tyrant in history. Famously, having signed the Agreement allowing Hitler to go ahead and annexed the Sudetenland, a German-speaking part of Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain returned to England promising ‘peace in our time’.

In re-creating the run-up to the Agreement as well as the conference itself and its shocking aftermath, David Faber sheds new light on this extraordinary episode. Full of narrative drive, vivid characters and with the highest possible stakes, Munich is a superb piece of modern history writing.

Reviews

“Such is his skill as a writer and as a forceful, if one-dimensional, historian, his case against Chamberlain must be judged a masterwork of advocacy” – Daily Mail

“Faber has written a compelling work of narrative history” – The Spectator

“David Faber has made an important contribution to our understanding of the diplomatic debacle which signalled the start of the Second World War”- The Independent

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Speaking for England is the extraordinary true story of an English political tragedy: the bizarre tale of how the son of a member of Churchill’s wartime Cabinet was hanged for treason — one of the last British citizens to suffer that fate.

John Amery had been born into a life of privilege, if not luxury — his father Leo was a prominent Conservative MP and minister, and his brother Julian also went on to a political career of his own. But John was always different, a troubled child who grew into a difficult and tortured adult, with a skewed sense of patriotism leading him not just to a series of broadcasts on behalf of the Germans during the Second World War, but also to an attempt to recruit a ‘Legion of St George’ to take up arms against the Russians. These and other charges resulted in his conviction for treason, and execution. It is the irony and tragedy of the Amery family that John’s sense of duty, although channelled in a different direction, was as strong as that of his father, who had been instrumental in bringing about Chamberlain’s downfall after the Munich crisis, not least in his famous exhortation in the House of Commons to ‘Speak for England!’

Focusing on the fascinating lives of this father and his two sons, and how they were affected by John’s inexorable demise, David Faber has constructed a riveting and deeply moving account of the tragedy of an English political family. Blending biography, history and taut narrative with tremendous skill, he has shed new light on both an extraordinary human story and the society that witnessed it.

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