Munro Price Explained

Honorific Prefix:Prof.
Munro Price
Period:1981–present
Known For:Historian and author
Awards:Franco-British Society’s Enid McLeod Literary Prize
Doctoral Advisor:T. C. W. Blanning
Birth Date:1963
Education:University College School, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Nationality:British
Discipline:French and European History
Notable Works:The Fall of the French Monarchy, The Perilous Crown
Parents:Stanley Price and Judy Price

Munro Price is a British historian noted for his award-winning work on French history.

Early life

Price was born (February 1963) in London to playwright and author Stanley Price and his wife Judy (Fenton) and raised in Highgate.

Education

Price was educated at University College School and Cambridge University, where he gained a First Class Degree in History before going on to study for his PhD under the supervision of T. C. W. Blanning.

Price was active in politics while at Cambridge, becoming president of Cambridge University Social Democrats,[1] the university's SDP society.

Career

For much of his academic career Price has been based at the University of Bradford, where he is currently professor of Modern European History and director of MA Programme in the Department of Peace Studies.[2] He has also taught at the University of Swansea and the University of Lyon.

Noted works

Known for his writings on French history from the time of the French Revolution through to Louis Philippe, Price has published several books and articles on the period, including The Fall of the French Monarchy: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the baron de Breteuil (2002), winner of the Franco-British Society's Enid McLeod Literary Prize, and Napoleon: the End of Glory (2015) which has since been translated into German.

Price has also co-authored The Road to Apocalypse: The Extraordinary Journey of Lewis Way with his father, Stanley Price, focussing on the origins of the Evangelical Christian Zionist movement in early 19th century Britain and Europe.

Media

Contributing towards television programmes focussed on his area of expertise, Price has appeared in several documentaries in English and French language.[3]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Presidents and Chairs. Keynes Society. 10 October 2009 . 19 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Staff Profile . University of Bradford . 2018 . 19 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180120070109/https://www.bradford.ac.uk/social-sciences/staff-profiles/peace-studies/munro-price.php . 20 January 2018 . dead .
  3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11319666/
  4. http://www.historytoday.com/peter-furtado/back-narrative-history-today-awards Peter Furtado announces the winners of the Longman-History Today Awards 2003
  5. Web site: The forgotten reigns . . August 2007 . 22 September 2013 . Zamoyski, Adam.
  6. http://jewishquarterly.org/jq-wingate-prize/wingate-prize-2013/ 2013 Shortlist