Tim Bouverie
{{Short description|British historian and former political journalist at Channel 4 News}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{infobox person
| name = Tim Bouverie
| nationality = British
| education = Bryanston School
| alma_mater = Christ Church, Oxford
| occupation = Historian, journalist
| relatives = Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor (grandfather)
Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar (grandfather)
| family = Earl of Radnor, Pleydell-Bouverie
| birth_date = June 1987
| birth_name = Timothy Pleydell-Bouverie
}}
Timothy Pleydell-Bouverie (born June 1987) is a British historian and former political journalist at Channel 4 News.{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2145493/tim-bouverie|title=Tim Bouverie {{!}} Penguin Random House|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-08}}
Early life and education
Bouverie is the son of Peter John Pleydell-Bouverie and Jane Victoria Gilmour. His paternal grandfather was Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor, and his maternal grandfather was Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar.{{cn|date=October 2023}} He was educated at Bryanston School before going to Christ Church, Oxford, to read history.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bryanston.co.uk/cvhf|title=Bryanston School - Appeasing Hitler: An Interview with Tim Bouverie|website=www.bryanston.co.uk|access-date=2020-04-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://amheath.com/authors/tim-bouverie/|title=Tim Bouverie|website=AM Heath Literary Agents|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-08}}
Career
Between 2013 and 2017, Bouverie was a political journalist at Channel 4 News, working first for the television programme Dispatches and later as a producer for Michael Crick.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/bodley-head-acquires-debut-appeasement-339511|title=Bodley Head acquires debut on appeasement {{!}} The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|access-date=2020-04-08}}{{Cite news|last=Gayle|first=Damien|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/08/tory-staffer-flees-after-being-spotted-at-jeremy-corbyn-rally|title=Tory staffer flees after being spotted at Jeremy Corbyn rally|date=2015-09-08|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
His first book, Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War, was published by Bodley Head in April 2019.{{Cite news|last=Pedersen|first=Susan|author-link = Susan Pedersen (historian) | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/05/appeasing-hitler-chamberlain-churchill-road-to-war-tim-bouverie-review|title=Appeasing Hitler by Tim Bouverie review – the road to war|date=2019-04-05|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news|last=Rawnsley|first=Andrew|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/14/appeasing-hitler-chamberlain-churchill-road-to-war-tim-bouverie-review|title=Appeasing Hitler by Tim Bouverie review – how Britain fell for a delusion|date=2019-04-14|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news|last=Larman|first=Alexander|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/22/dead-famous-voice-in-my-ear-appeasing-hitler-in-brief-book-reviews|title=In brief: Dead Famous; The Voice in My Ear; Appeasing Hitler – review|date=2020-03-22|work=The Observer|access-date=2020-04-08|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}} A Sunday Times bestseller, it was described by Antony Beevor as an "astonishingly accomplished debut".{{Cite news|last=Sandbrook|first=Dominic|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/article/appeasing-hitler-by-tim-bouverie-review-why-chamberlain-should-be-praised-for-munich-kzn3rtsr7|title=Appeasing Hitler by Tim Bouverie review — why Chamberlain should be praised for Munich|newspaper=The Times |access-date=2020-04-08|language=en|issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/appeasing-hitler/tim-bouverie/9781784705749|title=Appeasing Hitler by Tim Bouverie {{!}} Waterstones|website=www.waterstones.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-08}} A second book, Allies at War: The Politics of Defeating Hitler, was published in 2025 and was called "revelatory" by Adam Sisman, writing in The Guardian.[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/08/allies-at-war-politics-of-defeating-hitler-by-tim-bouverie-review-study-of-second-world-war-pacts-is-full-of-surprises The Guardian, "Allies at War by Tim Bouverie review – a revelatory study of second world war alliances", 8 April 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
Books
- Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War (Bodley Head, 2019){{cite news|first1=David|last1=Aaronovitch|access-date=2020-04-08|title=Appeasing Hitler by Tim Bouverie review — Britain's guilty men|newspaper=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/appeasing-hitler-by-tim-bouverie-review-8rcv2d39j|issn=0140-0460|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}{{cite news|first1=Lewis|last1=Jones|accessdate=2020-04-08|title=Appeasing Hitler by Tim Bouverie, review: Uncovering the unexpected guilty men of appeasement|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/appeasing-hitler-tim-bouverie-review-uncovering-unexpected-guilty/|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=7 April 2019|issn=0307-1235|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}
- Allies at War: The Politics of Defeating Hitler (Bodley Head, 2025)
References
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External links
- [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/tim-bouverie/ Tim Bouverie] on The Daily Telegraph
- [https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/tim-bouverie Tim Bouverie] on The Spectator
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Category:People educated at Bryanston School
Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
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