Victoria Schofield Explained

Rosemary Victoria Schofield is a British author, biographer, and historian.^[1] Her most recent books are a memoir of her thirty year friendship with Benazir Bhutto,^{[2] [3]} a two volume history of the Black Watch^{[4] [5]} and a biography of Sir John Wheeler-Bennett.^[6] She also wrote the first full-length biography of Field Marshal Archibald Wavell^{[7] [8]} and edited a memoir of his life and naval career by her late father Vice Admiral B. B. Schofield.^[9] She regularly contributes to British national and specialist media.^[10]

Life and career

Victoria Schofield was educated at the Royal Naval School for Girls, and at Lady Margaret Hall (LMH) of Oxford University, from which she holds a degree in Modern History. At LMH she was a close friend of Benazir Bhutto, whom she succeeded as President of the Oxford Union Society.^[11] She was the visiting Alistair Horne Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford in 2004-2005.^[12]

Schofield is married to Stephen Willis and has three adult children.^[11]

Published works

• Bhutto: Trial and Execution. London: Cassell, 1979. .
• The United Nations: People, Politics, and Power. Hove: Wayland, 1979. .
• Every Rock, Every Hill: The Plain Tale of the North-West Frontier and Afghanistan. London: Pimlico, 1984, 1987. .
• Kashmir in the Crossfire. London, Tauris, 1996. .
• (ed.) Old Roads, New Highways: Fifty Years of Pakistan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. .
• The House That Fell Down: A Diary of a Domestic Disaster. London: John Murray, 2001. .
• Wavell: Soldier and Statesman. London: John Murray, 2006. .
• Afghan Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia / At the Crossroads of Conflict. London: Tauris Parke, 2003, 2010. .
• Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan, and the Unending War. London: Tauris, 2000, 2003, 2010. .
• Witness to History: The Life of John Wheeler-Bennett. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012. .
• The Highland Furies: The Black Watch 1739-1899. London: Quercus, 2012. .
• The Black Watch: Fighting in the Front Line, 1899-2006. London: Head of Zeus, 2017. .
• With The Royal Navy in War and Peace: O'Er the Dark Blue Sea (Editor). London: Pen & Sword, 2018.
• The Fragrance of Tears: My Friendship with Benazir Bhutto. London: Apollo, 2020. .

External links

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Notes and References

1. News: Victoria Schofield The Round Table. The Round Table. 2018-04-19. en-GB.
2. Web site: Wilkinson . Isambard . The ruthless politics of Pakistan — and the curse of being a Bhutto . Spectator online . 13 November 2020.
3. Web site: Schofield . Victoria . ‘From Oxford pals to political prisoner – my 30-year friendship with Benazir Bhutto’ . Telegraph online . 13 November 2020.
4. Web site: Victoria Schofield's The Black Watch launches in London. 9 August 2017.
5. Linklater, Andro. "The Courage of Countless Generations". The Spectator, 2 June 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
6. Simms, Brendan. "The Man Who Knew Everyone". Wall Street Journal, 4 September 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
7. http://ehr.oxfordjournals.org/content/CXXI/494/1563.full.pdf "Wavell: Soldier and Statesman"
8. Ziegler, Philip. "A Talent for Losing". The Spectator, 8 April 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
9. Web site: Review: With The Royal Navy in War and Peace - O'er The Dark Blue Sea . 14 November 2020.
10. http://www.victoriaschofield.com/Articles.htm Selected Articles and Features
11. http://www.victoriaschofield.com/Personal.php Personal information
12. http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/AlistairHorneFellowship2012.pdf The Alistair Horne Fellowship (with list of past Fellows)