- Known for his historical works on World War II and Ireland.
- Served with the Royal Air Force during World War II as a bomber pilot.
- British current affairs journalist, interviewer, novelist and historian, best known for Ireland: A Television History (1980); Formerly with the BBC as a correspondent and presenter of Episode #6.35 (1958).
- Had a History Degree from Oxford, England.
- Has worked for Picture Post, The Observer, The Sunday Times and was a literary editor of The Spectator.
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