Amanda Foreman (historian)

Foreman was born in London.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2393619/bio|title=Amanda Foreman|website=IMDb}} Her parents were Evelyn (Smith) and the screenwriter and film producer Carl Foreman (1914–1984).{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8569303/From-lonely-failure-to-duchess-of-Hollywood.html|title=From lonely failure to duchess of Hollywood|first=Cassandra|last=Jardine|date=12 June 2011 }} Her father moved to England to work after being blacklisted{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} by the Hollywood movie studios during the McCarthyism of the 1950s. Her brother, Jonathan Foreman, is an international correspondent and film critic. She has five children and is married to Jonathan Barton.

Amanda Foreman was educated at Hanford School, a girls' junior independent school in southwest England,{{cite web|title=New prospectus shows Hanford's unique approach to learning|url=http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/New-prospectus-shows-Hanford-s-unique-approach-learning/story-11770467-detail/story.html#axzz2WUQXlrEj|access-date=5 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724173825/http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/New-prospectus-shows-Hanford-s-unique-approach-learning/story-11770467-detail/story.html#axzz2WUQXlrEj|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

followed by various girls' boarding schools. She attended Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, then Columbia University, before returning to England in 1991. She was awarded a 1993 Henrietta Jex-Blake Senior Scholarship{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. At Oxford, Foreman completed an MPhil thesis Politics or Providence?: Why the Houses of Parliament voted to abolish the slave trade in 1807 (1993) and a DPhil with her thesis The political life of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757–1806 (1998) which was then turned into her first biography. She received her doctorate from Oxford University in 18th Century British History.{{Cite web|title=Biography|url=https://www.dramandaforeman.com/biography/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Amanda Foreman|language=en-US}}

After completing her DPhil, Foreman remained at Oxford as a researcher,{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} and in 1998 she published her first book, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, based on her doctoral thesis. Published by HarperCollins in the UK and Random House in the US, the book was an international best-seller and reached number one{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} in the UK as a hardback, paperback, and reissue nine years later. It was shortlisted for the 1998 Guardian First Book Award, and won the 1998 Whitbread Prize for Best Biography.{{cite web|title=Costa Book Awards Archive |url=http://www.costabookawards.com/archive.aspx |publisher=Costa Coffee |access-date=6 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530041127/http://www.costabookawards.com/archive.aspx |archive-date=30 May 2012 }} The book has been the subject of a television documentary, a radio play starring Judi Dench, and a film, The Duchess, starring Ralph Fiennes and Keira Knightley.{{cite web|title=The Duchess (2008)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0864761/|publisher=IMDb|access-date=17 June 2013}}

Foreman's most recent book, A World on Fire, a history of British-American relations in the American Civil War, was published in 2010 by Penguin in the UK on 30 June, and in 2011 by Random House in the US.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/books/review/book-review-a-world-on-fire-by-amanda-foreman.html|title=How the British Nearly Supported the Confederacy|date=3 July 2011|work=The New York Times}} The book was a critical success in both countries and a national best-seller in the US. Writing in The Guardian, Jay Parini stated, "One can hardly overestimate the brilliance of Foreman's conception, seeing this turning point in American history from a British viewpoint, drawing on a vast range of actors on this great stage, including lesser-known British sympathisers who fought on either side in this conflict or journalists."{{cite news|last=Parini|first=Jay|title=A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations Divided by Amanda Foreman – Review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/27/world-fire-amanda-foreman-review?INTCMP=SRCH|access-date=7 February 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=26 November 2010}} Adam I.P. Smith of History Today said, "Amanda Foreman's magnificent new book . . . resembles nothing so much as War and Peace."{{cite journal|last=Smith|first=Adam I. P.|title=A World on Fire|journal=History Today|url=http://www.historytoday.com/blog/books-blog/adam-ip-smith/world-fire|access-date=7 February 2012|date=19 January 2011}} In a rare accolade, The New York Times Book Review awarded Foreman her second cover review.{{cite news|last=Wheatcroft|first=Geoffrey|title=How the British Nearly Supported the Confederacy|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/books/review/book-review-a-world-on-fire-by-amanda-foreman.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=7 February 2011|newspaper=The New York Times Review of Books|date=30 June 2011}} Michael Burlingame of The Wall Street Journal heralded Foreman as "such an engaging writer that readers may find this 958-page volume too short".{{cite news|last=Burlingame|first=Michael|title=When Cotton Wasn't King|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303657404576359324045731088|access-date=7 February 2012|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=25 June 2011}} Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker wrote: "The pages fly like the wind – like Gone with the Wind – because there's so much life, so much action, and so many vivid people in them."{{cite magazine|last=Hertzberg|first=Hendrik|title=Over There|magazine=The New Yorker|page=62|url=https://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2011/08/01/110801crbo_books_hertzberg|access-date=7 February 2012|date=1 August 2011}}

In 2011, A World on Fire was "highly commended"{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} by the judges of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. It was chosen as a "Book of the Year" by The New Yorker{{cite magazine|title=A Year's Reading: Reviewers' Favorites from 2011|magazine=The New Yorker|url=https://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2011/12/19/111219crbn_brieflynoted|access-date=7 February 2012|date=19 December 2011}} and The Economist{{cite news|title=Page Turners|newspaper=The Economist|url=http://www.economist.com/node/17626972|date=2 December 2010}} and named one of the "Ten Best Books of 2011" by The New York Times,{{cite news|title=The 10 Best Books of 2011|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/books/10-best-books-of-2011.html?_r=2&ref=books|access-date=7 February 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=30 November 2011}} Bloomberg,{{cite news|last=Muchnick|first=Laurie|title=King's New Kennedy, Greenblatt finds 'Swerve' in Top 2011 Books|newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=14 December 2011 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-14/king-s-new-kennedy-harbach-curve-greenblatt-swerve-in-top-2011-books.html|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|access-date=7 February 2012}} The Washington Post,{{cite news|title=Notable Nonfiction of 2011|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/notable-nonfiction-of-2011/2011/11/04/gIQAZzLfiO_story.html|access-date=7 February 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=9 December 2011}} the Chicago Tribune,{{cite news|last=Kloberdanz|first=Kristin|title=Favorites of 2011: Chicago-area Authors|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-books-chicago-favorites-2011,0,5144198,full.story|access-date=7 February 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=17 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219032226/http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-books-chicago-favorites-2011,0,5144198,full.story|archive-date=19 December 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} and NPR.{{cite news|last=Pearl|first=Nancy|title=Books with Personality: Nancy Pearl's 2011 Picks|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/12/13/143354443/7-books-with-personality-nancy-pearls-2011-picks|work=Morning Edition|publisher=National Public Radio|access-date=7 February 2012}}

In 2012, A World on Fire won the Fletcher Pratt Award for excellence in Civil War history writing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.houseofspeakeasy.org/about-us/board-of-directors/|title=Board Of Directors | House of SpeakEasy NYC}} It was a finalist for the 2012 Lincoln Prize,{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorkhistoryblog.com/2012/07/world-on-fire-britains-role-in-civil-war.html|title=World on Fire: Britains Role in Civil War - New York History|date=28 July 2012}} the Lionel Gelber Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.{{cite web|url=http://bookcritics.org/awards/past_awards#2011|title=National Book Critics Circle: awards|access-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018063346/http://bookcritics.org/awards/past_awards/#2011|archive-date=18 October 2015|url-status=dead}} It was also nominated for the Jefferson Davis Prize.

In September 2015, The Ascent of Woman, Foreman's acclaimed four-part documentary regarding the role of women in society, was first aired on BBC 2.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11837025/BBC-documentary-Amanda-Foreman-on-silent-womens-history.html|title=Why I'm shouting about the 4,000 year campaign to gag women in our history books|website=The Telegraph|date=September 2015 }}{{cite web|title=The Ascent of Woman|url=http://www.ascentofwoman.com/|access-date=15 January 2016}} The series received positive reviews, with The Telegraph calling it "powerful, inspiring, and important."{{cite news|last=O'Donovan|first=Gerard|title=The Ascent of Woman, episode 4, review: 'passion and erudition'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11891087/The-Ascent-of-Woman-episode-4-review-passion-and-erudition.html

|access-date=15 January 2016|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=24 September 2015}}

The series was subsequently programmed on Netflix in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://womensvoicesforchange.org/netflix-review-the-ascent-of-woman-making-women-part-of-the-narrative.htm|title=NETFLIX REVIEW: 'THE ASCENT OF WOMAN' — MAKING WOMEN PART OF THE NARRATIVE|work=Women's Voices For Change|date=24 May 2016 }}

Foreman's next book, The World Made by Women: A History of Women from the Apple to the Pill, is slated for publication by Random House (US) and Allen Lane (UK) in 2024.{{cite web|title=Books by Amanda Foreman|url=http://www.dramandaforeman.com/books-by-amanda-foreman/|access-date=15 January 2016}}

In 2018, twenty-five years after Queen Elizabeth II opened Buckingham Palace to the public during the summer months, Royal Collection Trust set a new precedent by inviting an outsider, Foreman, to curate an exhibition for the 2019 Buckingham Palace Summer Opening.

'Queen Victoria's Palace' opened on 18 July 2019. The exhibition, which coincided with the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, argued that Victoria's transformation of Buckingham Palace laid the foundations for the modern Monarchy. The refurbished Palace reflected a new form of gendered power. Victoria replaced the 'male' values of glory, wealth, lineage, and conquest with the 'female' values of family, duty, patriotism, and public service. "These four "female" virtues formed the pillars not only of her reign but of every one that followed".{{Cite web|url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/themes/exhibitions/queen-victorias-palace|title=Queen Victorias Palace|website=www.rct.uk}}

The show delighted the public and critics. Singled out was Foreman's introduction of modern technology, including holograms and CGI projections on walls and ceilings, to enhance the exhibition experience. The Guardian newspaper reported: "The story of how Victoria and Prince Albert rebuilt the palace into the most glittering court in Europe is explored through paintings, sketches and costumes, and includes a Hollywood-produced immersive experience that brings to life the balls for which she was famous."{{cite web|work=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/queen-victoria-baby-mementos-scli-intl-gbr/index.html|title=Touching souvenirs of Queen Victoria's babies to go on display at Buckingham Palace|date=13 July 2019 |access-date=22 July 2019}}

Foreman also co-wrote a book to accompany the exhibition, 'Queen Victoria's Palace'.{{cite web|work=Goodreads|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43257389-fit-for-a-queen|title=Fit for a Queen: Inside Victoria's Palace|access-date=22 July 2019}}

In addition to her work as a historian and biographer, Amanda Foreman also writes for radio, television and print media{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}. Her work is spread across a broad range, and includes a meditation on the role of the historian for BBC Radio 3,{{cite web|title=What is History, Today?|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017586x|work=The Essay|publisher=BBC Radio 3|access-date=17 June 2013}} a documentary series on the Georgians, 1714–1832, for BBC Radio 4,{{Cite web|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04brjmj|title = The Georgians: Restraint, Revolution and Reform|date = 30 July 2014|website = BBC|last = Foreman|first = Amanda}} a discussion of the Anglo-American relationship for Andrew Neil's This Week on BBC One,{{cite news|last=Neil|first=Andrew|title=This Week|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13570388|access-date=17 June 2013}} cover interviews with Emma Watson and Keira Knightley for Vogue,{{cite journal|last=Foreman|first=Amanda|title=Emma Watson's New Day|journal=Vogue|date=July 2011|url=http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/emma-watsons-new-day/#1|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616032043/http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/emma-watsons-new-day/#1|archive-date=16 June 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite news|url = http://www.vogue.com/865305/keira-knightley-poise-and-passion/|title = Poise and Passion: Keira Knightley on the October Cover of Vogue|last = Foreman|first = Amanda|date = 17 September 2012|work =Vogue }} profiles of Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi for Porter,{{Cite news|url = http://www.democraticleader.gov/newsroom/porter-magazine-the-lady-of-the-house/|title = PORTER Magazine: The Lady of the House|last = Foreman|first = Amanda|date = 15 August 2015|access-date = 15 January 2016|via = Nancy Pelosi: Democratic Leader}} and a cover story on Margaret Thatcher for Newsweek in December 2011.{{cite journal|last=Foreman|first=Amanda|title=The New Thatcher Era|journal=Newsweek|pages=32–40|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/12/18/meryl-streep-film-and-eu-debates-bring-maggie-thatcher-s-moment.html|access-date=17 June 2013|date=26 December 2011}} Foreman has also written for both The Sunday Times Magazine and The Lady in the UK.{{cite news|last=Turner|first=Amy|title=The Lady is for Page-Turning|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/Interviews/article414338.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219031113/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/Interviews/article414338.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2013|access-date=17 June 2013|newspaper=The Sunday Times Magazine|date=17 October 2010}} She is also a passionate advocate for freedom of speech and has written about the subject for many publications.{{cite news|last=Foreman|first=Amanda|title=Famous Lost Words|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/famous-lost-words-1405121109|access-date=15 January 2016|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=11 July 2014}}{{cite news|last=Foreman|first=Amanda|title=A view from afar: Here's a trigger warning for all campus censors: I shall fight you|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/comment/columns/Aviewfromafar/article1562313.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907182650/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/comment/columns/Aviewfromafar/article1562313.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2015|access-date=15 January 2016|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=31 May 2015}} In addition to freedom of speech, Foreman has campaigned on a variety of other issues, from justice for Jean McConville to gender equality.{{cite news|last=Foreman|first=Amanda|title=Sinn Féin should never be able to escape Jean McConville's ghost|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/dec/05/amanda-foreman-jean-mcconville-ira|access-date=3 May 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=4 December 2010}}{{cite news|last=Foreman|first=Amanda|title=Women's equality dream comes true – 8,000 years ago|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/newsreview/features/article1599506.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003183103/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/newsreview/features/article1599506.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 October 2015|access-date=15 January 2016|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=30 August 2015}} In 2016, Foreman received the St. George's Society of New York's Anglo-American Cultural Award, which recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the US-UK cultural world.{{Cite web|title = 2016 English Ball Honorees {{!}} St. George's Society of New York {{!}} Expat Blog|url = http://stgeorgessociety.org/expat/2016-english-ball-honorees/|website = stgeorgessociety.org|access-date = 2016-02-11|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160213195111/http://stgeorgessociety.org/expat/2016-english-ball-honorees/|archive-date = 13 February 2016|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}

In 2013, Foreman founded the House of SpeakEasy, a literary nonprofit organization based in New York City that brings authors and their audiences together in innovative and entertaining ways. The organization hosts a series of acclaimed literary cabarets in New York City, where writers are invited to speak informally on the evening's theme.{{Cite web|url=https://www.houseofspeakeasy.org/about-us/|title=Our Mission | House of SpeakEasy NYC}} Past participants include Salman Rushdie, Susan Minot, Jeff Kinney (author), Elif Şafak, and Yusef Komunyakaa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.houseofspeakeasy.org/writers/|title=Writers | House of SpeakEasy NYC}} House of SpeakEasy also operates several community outreach programs under the umbrella name Seriously Involved. SpeakFreely provides free tickets to teachers and writing students to come to the shows put on by Seriously Entertaining. SpeakTogether works with Union Settlement in East Harlem, bringing writers together with senior high school students in Union Settlement's college readiness initiative. John Guare, Susan Cheever, David Gilbert (author), Michael Jan Friedman and Lemon Andersen are among the writers who have taken part in the program.{{cite web|title=House of SpeakEasy|url=http://www.houseofspeakeasy.org/|access-date=15 January 2016}}

Foreman has served as a judge on the Guardian First Book Award (1999), the Orange Prize for Fiction (2000), the National Book Award (2010), the Cheltenham Booker Prize (2011), the Dan David Prize (2012), the Pen Hessell-Tiltman Prize (2012), and the Man Booker Prize (2012){{citation needed|date=August 2016}}. Most recently, she was appointed chair of the Man Booker Prize (2016).{{cite news|title=2016 Judges announced|url=http://themanbookerprize.com/news/2016-judges-announcedt|access-date=15 January 2016|newspaper=The Man Booker Prize|date=14 December 2015}} {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web |title=The Seven College Conference of London Annual Spring Lunch |url=http://hcuk.clubs.harvard.edu/article.html?aid=265 |access-date=2021-02-01 |website=hcuk.clubs.harvard.edu}}

In 2013, Foreman began writing "Historically Speaking", a biweekly column on history and world affairs, for The Wall Street Journal.{{cite news|last=Foreman|first=Amanda|title=Historically Speaking: The Tyranny of the Micromanager|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324715704578481240562955944?KEYWORDS=amanda+foreman+historically+speaking|access-date=17 June 2013|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=17 May 2013}} In 2014, she also joined Smithsonian magazine and The Sunday Times as a regular columnist.{{cite news|last=Foreman|first=Amanda|title=The Heartbreaking History of Divorce|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/heartbreaking-history-of-divorce-180949439/?no-ist|access-date=15 January 2016|newspaper=The Smithsonian|date=Feb 2014}}

• Foreman, Amanda. The World Made by Women: A History of Women from the Apple to the Pill. {{ISBN|1846147409}} Forthcoming.
• Foreman, Amanda. A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations Divided (Penguin, 2010), 988 pp. {{ISBN|1-846-14204-0}} {{OCLC|640084044}} Reissued as A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War
• Foreman, Amanda. The Duchess (Random House, 2008), 456 pp. {{ISBN|0812979699}} {{OCLC|234316192}} Originally published as Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire.
• Foreman, Amanda. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (Random House, 2001), 512 pp. {{ISBN|0-375-50294-7}} {{OCLC|41278384}} Another ed. was published By HarperCollins in 2000.
• Foreman, Amanda. Georgiana's World: The Illustrated Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. London: HarperCollins, 2001. {{ISBN|0-007-12276-4}} {{OCLC|48782725}}

Dr. Amanda Foreman has contributed essays and introductions for:

• Exploring Lincoln: Great Historians Reappraise Our Greatest President edited by Harold Holzer, Craig L. Symonds, and Frank J. Williams

"Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: A Propaganda Tool for the Enemy?” by Amanda Foreman

• The Civil War as Global Conflict: Transnational Meanings of the American Civil War edited by David T. Gleeson and Simon Lewis

"Coda: Roundtable on Memory" by Amanda Foreman

• Greenwich Village Stories: A Collection of Memories edited by Judith Stonehill

"Greenwich Village" by Amanda Foreman

• The New York Times' Disunion: Modern Historians Revisit and Reconsider the Civil War from Lincoln's Election to the Emancipation Proclamation edited by Ted Widmer

"How to Lose Allies and Alienate People" by Amanda Foreman

• City Parks: Public Spaces, Private Thoughts edited by Catie Marron

"Hyde Park, London" by Amanda Foreman

• Reconfiguring the Union: Civil War Transformations edited by Iwan W. Morgan and Philip John Davies Palgrave

"Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: A Propaganda Tool for the Enemy?” by Amanda Foreman

• George IV by Christopher Hibbert, foreword by Amanda Foreman {{ISBN|9781403983794}}
• What Might Have Been?: Leading Historians on Twelve 'What Ifs' of History edited by Andrew Roberts

"The Trent Incident Leads to War" by Amanda Foreman

• The Sylph - by Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire, foreword by Amanda Foreman
• Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford, foreword by Amanda Foreman
• Gender in Eighteenth Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus

"A politician's politician: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and the Whig party" by Amanda Foreman

• [https://cvhf.org.uk/history-hub/history-made-by-women/ The Chalke Valley History Festival] – 28 June 2015

From Empress Wu Zeitan to Margaret Thatcher explored their role from the Palaeolithic era to Britain today, revealing their extraordinary and often overlooked impact in the forging of the modern world.{{Cite web|url=https://cvhf.org.uk/history-hub/history-made-by-women/|title=History, Made by Women – Chalke Valley History Festival|website=cvhf.org.uk}}

• Surrounded on All Sides – Five Lessons in Leadership From History, 11 June 2013, the Sydney Institute.{{Cite web|url=https://thesydneyinstitute.com.au/blog/tag/amanda-foreman/|title=Amanda Foreman – The Sydney Institute}}
• "Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in England: A Propaganda Tool for the Enemy?” – 26 March 2011 – was a program of the 14th Annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium, [https://www.c-span.org/video/?298687-2/britains-response-emancipation-proclamation “The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship,”] sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Institute and the Foundation for the National Archives at the National Archives at College Park.

Dr. Amanda Foreman talked about the international response to the Civil War, particularly by Great Britain, in her speech.{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?298687-2/britains-response-emancipation-proclamation|title=Britain's Response to the Emancipation Proclamation | C-SPAN.org|website=www.c-span.org}}

• A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War – 30 November 2011 – The New York Society Library{{Cite web|url=https://www.nysoclib.org/events/amanda-foreman-world-fire-britains-crucial-role-american-civil-war|title=Amanda Foreman, A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War | New York Society Library|website=www.nysoclib.org}}

Awards:

• 2012 Fletcher Pratt Award for excellence in Civil War history writing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cwrtnyc.org/fletcher-pratt-award.html|title=Civil War Round Table of New York Fletcher Pratt Award|website=www.cwrtnyc.org}}
• 1998 Whitbread Prize for Best Biography.
• 1993 Henrietta Jex-Blake Senior Fellowship, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Finalist:

• 2012 Lincoln Prize
• 2012 Lionel Gelber Prize
• 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award
• 2011 Jefferson Davis Award
• 2010 PEN/Hessell-Tiltman History Prize
• 1998 Guardian First Book Award

Foreman has dual citizenship, and splits her time between New York City, Kinderhook, New York,{{Cite web|url=https://www.dramandaforeman.com/curriculum-vitae/|title=Curriculum Vitae}} and London.

She is an Honorary Research Senior Fellow in the Department of History at The University of Liverpool.{{cite web|url=http://www.dramandaforeman.com/biography/|title=Biography|website=Dr Amanda Foreman|publisher=WordPress|access-date=17 June 2013}}

Outside of her professional life, Foreman is a passionate gardener.{{Cite web|url = https://www.instagram.com/dramandaforeman/|title = Dr. Amanda Foreman Instagram|date = 19 January 2016|access-date = 19 January 2016|website = Instagram|last = Foreman|first = Amanda}}

{{reflist}}

• [https://archive.today/20110615163306/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article4573000.ece 'Reassessing Georgiana a decade later', Sunday Times, August, 2008]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070322183349/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article1321958.ece 'Life as working mother of Five', Sunday Times, February, 2007]
• [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/amanda-foreman-the-queen-of-historical-biography-2117016.html, 'The Queen of Historical Biography', The Independent, October, 2010]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20101204121649/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8159646/A-Page-in-the-Life-Amanda-Foreman.html 'Interview with Amanda Foreman', The Daily Telegraph, November, 2010]

• [http://www.amanda-foreman.com Amanda Foreman's Official Website]
• [http://www.ascentofwoman.com/ The Ascent of Woman]
• [http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/amanda-foreman-world-fire/ Interview] on A World on Fire at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
• {{IMDb name|2393619}}
• {{C-SPAN|82551}}
• [http://www.c-span.org/video/?300505-1/words-amanda-foreman After Words interview with Foreman about A World on Fire, August 7, 2011]

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Category:People educated at Hanford School

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Category:21st-century American women writers

Category:20th-century American biographers

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Category:English people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent

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Category:21st-century English women

Category:21st-century English historians

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