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Giles Milton (born 15 January 1966) is a writer who specialises in narrative history. His books have been published in twenty languages worldwide and are international best-sellers. He has written nine works of non-fiction, a thriller, two comic novels and three books for young children. He is best known for his 1999 best-selling title, ''Nathaniel's Nutmeg'', a historical account of the violent struggle between the English and Dutch for control of the world supply of nutmeg in the early 17th century. The book was serialised by BBC Radio 4.〔Book of the Week, Radio 4, 26–30 April 1999, read by Ben Onwukwe.〕 ''Nathaniel's Nutmeg'' was followed by ''Big Chief Elizabeth'', ''Samurai William'' and ''White Gold'', books of narrative non-fiction that took as their subject matter the pioneering English adventurers in Asia, North Africa and the New World, and then by his 2008, ''Paradise Lost, Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance'', which investigated the bloody sacking of Smyrna in September 1922, and the subsequent expulsion of 1,300,000 Orthodox Greeks from Turkey and 350,000 Muslims from Greece. This was followed by ''Wolfram: The Boy Who Went to War'', 2012, and ''Russian Roulette: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Global Plot'', which was published in the summer of 2013 in the UK and in April, 2014 in North America. His latest book, ''Fascinating Footnotes from History'' has been published by John Murray on 24 September, 2015. Milton has appeared on the literary discussion podcast Litbits, discussing literature and history. == Biography == Born in Buckinghamshire, Milton was educated at Latymer Upper School and the University of Bristol. He lives in London and Burgundy and is married to the artist and illustrator, Alexandra Milton. He has three daughters. 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「Giles Milton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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