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Thomas Harding (born 1968) is a British/American non-fiction author, journalist, and former documentary maker. Harding was educated at the independent Westminster School in London and then Corpus Christi, Cambridge, where he studied anthropology and political science. He worked in television and journalism before becoming an author. == Non-fiction == His book ''Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz'' was published in 2013 by Random House (UK), Simon & Schuster (USA), Anansi House (Canada) and translated into eighteen languages. The book was a national bestseller in the UK, Italy and Israel and a critical success in the US. Hanns and Rudolf was chosen as a "Book of the Year" for 2013 in ''The Times'', ''Sunday Times'', ''The Guardian'', ''The Observer'', ''Daily Telegraph'' and ''New Statesman''. Hanns and Rudolf (book) was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Book Awards. The judges wrote that the book is “A beautifully-balanced double biography, admirably measured but also gripping in its telling, which offers a fresh perspective on a much-examined subject”. It was also joint winner of the JQ-Wingate Prize 2015. Writing in ''The Times'', Ben Macintyre said, 'Meticulously researched and deeply felt, Hanns and Rudolf is written with a suppressed fury at the vicious moral emptiness of men like Höss, who were only following order'. In the Sunday Times, Max Hastings wrote, ‘This is a remarkable book, which deserves a wide readership even among those who think they are bored with the Holocaust'. In the Wall Street Journal, Ian Brunskill also praised the book, 'An enthralling, thoughtful book—part history, part biography, part thriller'. The book has been heralded by authors of the thriller genre. John Le Carré said it was 'A gripping thriller, an unspeakable crime, an essential history, a scrupulously dispassionate narrator.' While Frederick Forsyth said of the book, ‘An extraordinary tale deriving from meticulous research – the story of how a Jew after 1945 almost single-handed hunted down the Kommandant of Auschwitz.’ His next book ''Kadian Journal'', was published in July 2014. The book received widespread critical acclaim.Express and Telegraph newspapers both gave it five stars. Writing in the The Observer newspaper, Kate Kelloway said it was "'an astonishing book about the incident and the unprocessable grief that followed... Harding's remarkable memoir is written with transparent emotional intelligence". In the Sunday Express, Giulia Rhodes wrote "This book is raw and heartbreaking but it is never intrusive or gratuitous. The writing is real and spare, the love so very deep that the reader can scarcely look away" . While Angela Levin in The Telegraph commented "A raw and compelling read, weaving between the accident, its aftermath, precious moments in Kadian's life and the unique relationship between a father and son". "The House By The Lake" was published in September 2015 and was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award in 2015 The Bookseller said "'Extraordinary... A masterpiece of microcosmic history". In the Irish Examiner, Dan Brotzel added 'With the narrative drive of a great novelist and the meticulous research of a great historian, Harding has crafted a moving, instructive and important book". 〔cite web |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/books/book-reviewthe-house-by-the-lake-358370.html |title=Irish Examiner}}〕 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「Thomas Harding (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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