Victoria Schofield
Rosemary Victoria Schofield is a British author, biographer, and military historian. Her most recent books are The Highland Furies: The Black Watch 1739-1899,[1] and Witness to History: The Life of John Wheeler-Bennett.[2] She also authored the first full-length biography of Field Marshal Archibald Wavell.[3][4] She regularly contributes to British national and specialist media.[5]
Victoria Schofield was educated at the Royal Naval School for Girls, and at Lady Margaret Hall (LMH) of Oxford University, from which she holds an M.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.[6] She was the visiting Alistair Horne Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford in 2004-2005.[7]
Schofield is married to Stephen Willis and has three adult children.[6]
Published works
- Bhutto: Trial and Execution. London: Cassell, 1979. ISBN 9780304305391.
- The United Nations: People, Politics, and Power. Hove: Wayland, 1979. ISBN 9780853406563.
- Every Rock, Every Hill: The Plain Tale of the North-West Frontier and Afghanistan. London: Pimlico, 1984, 1987. ISBN 978-0712616256.
- Kashmir in the Crossfire. London, Tauris, 1996. ISBN 9781860640360.
- (ed.) Old Roads, New Highways: Fifty Years of Pakistan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 9780195778458.
- The House That Fell Down: A Diary of a Domestic Disaster. London: John Murray, 2001. ISBN 9780719563294.
- Wavell: Soldier and Statesman. London: John Murray, 2006. ISBN 9780719563201.
- Afghan Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia / At the Crossroads of Conflict. London: Tauris Parke, 2003, 2010. ISBN 9781417556922.
- Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan, and the Unfinished War. London: Tauris, 2000, 2003, 2010. ISBN 9781860645457.
- Witness to History: The Life of John Wheeler-Bennett. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780300179019.
- The Highland Furies: The Black Watch 1739-1899. London: Quercus, 2012. ISBN 9781849165501.
References
- ↑ Linklater, Andro. "The Courage of Countless Generations". The Spectator, 2 June 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ Simms, Brendan. "The Man Who Knew Everyone". Wall Street Journal, 4 September 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "Wavell: Soldier and Statesman". The English Historical Review (2006) CXXI(494): 1563-1564. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ Ziegler, Philip. "A Talent for Losing". The Spectator, 8 April 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ Selected Articles and Features. Official website. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Personal information. Official website. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ↑ The Alistair Horne Fellowship (with list of past Fellows). St Antony's College, Oxford. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
