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Margaret George is an American historical novelist specializing in epic fictional biographies. She is known for her meticulous research and the large scale of her books.〔“ absorbing, meticulous cast-of- thousands epic”—Entertainment Weekly, 5/16/97 http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287864,00.html〕 She is the author of the bestselling novels ''The Autobiography of Henry VIII'' (1986), ''Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles'' (1992), ''The Memoirs of Cleopatra'' (1997), ''Mary Called Magdalene'' (2002), ''Helen of Troy'' (2006), and ''Elizabeth I'' (2011.) She is currently at work on a novel about the Emperor Nero. The last four of these novels were New York Times bestsellers〔"(Best Sellers )". ''New York Times''. May 25, 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2015〕〔"(Best Sellers )". ''New York Times''. July 7, 2002. Retrieved February 11, 2015〕〔"(Best Sellers )". ''New York Times''. September 3, 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2015〕〔"("Best Sellers )". ''New York Times''. April 24, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2015〕 and the Cleopatra novel was made into an Emmy-nominated ABC-TV miniseries in 1999.〔"(Movies on NBC )". ''Orlando Sentinel. January 14, 1999. Retrieved February 11, 2015〕〔Leonard, John. "(Indescribably Delicious: TV Review )". ''New York Magazine''. Retrieved February 11, 2015〕〔Cleopatra (1999 film)〕 Altogether the novels have been published in 21 languages. She is ranked at the forefront of historical novelists writing today.〔"(The Top 10 Historical Fiction Authors )". ''Washington Independent''. Retrieved February 11, 2015〕 Because of the detailed and accurate research behind her books, she has been a featured interviewee on A & E Biography (''Henry VIII: Scandals of a King'', 1996, and ''Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen'', 1996 )and a special on Alexandria (''Cleopatra’s World: Alexandria Revealed'', 1999.).〔http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/462155/Cleopatra-s-World-Alexandria-Revealed/〕 She has also spoken at the Folger Shakespeare Library,〔http://www.folger.edu/whatsonsub.cfm?wotypeid=9&season=p&CFID=11178432&CFTOKEN=93752529&printout=1〕 Hampton Court〔https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/the-henry-viii-talks/id455568839?mt=10〕〔http://www.hrp.org.uk/MediaPlayer/ViewPlaylist.aspx?PlaylistId=56〕 and the Tower of London.〔http://hrp-members.org.uk/interface/external_view_email.php?J91014767267550605841652634 2914 〕 == Life == Margaret George was born in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father joined the U.S. Foreign Service when she was four, and she lived overseas---Taiwan, Israel, and Germany---before she was thirteen. So she was exposed early to historical sites and learned that legends might have historical bases. She graduated from Tufts University with a B.A. and Stanford University with an M.A., co-majoring in biological science and English literature. She worked as a science writer for several years at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland before moving to Madison, Wisconsin with her husband 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Margaret George」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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