Giles Tremlett

Giles Tremlett is a prize-winning author of historical biographies, narrative history & literary non-fiction whose work has been translated into eight languages. He has lived in & written about Spain almost continuously since leaving Oxford University. He is a former Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics & ex-correspondent for The Guardian & The Economist. His books include: GHOSTS OF SPAIN, TRAVELS THROUGH A COUNTRY'S HIDDEN PAST - an Amazon UK top ten bestseller also ranked as a global travel writing bestseller by The Economist; CATHERINE OF ARAGON, HENRY VIII's SPANISH WIFE - a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, shortlisted for the H.W. Fisher First Biography prize; ISABELLA OF CASTILE, EUROPE'S FIRST GREAT QUEEN - winner of the prestigious Elizabeth Longford Historical Biography Prize; and THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES, FASCISM, FREEDOM & THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR - Book of the Day at The Guardian.