John Bew teaches History and Foreign Policy at the War Studies Department at King's College London. He was the winner of the 2015 Philip Leverhulme Prize for outstanding achievement in Politics and International Studies and previously held the Henry Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress in Washington DC. John is a contributing writer at the New Statesman and the author of five books, including the critically-acclaimed Realpolitik: A History and Castlereagh. He was born in Belfast, educated at Cambridge, and lives in Wimbledon, London.
'John Bew has some heavy lifting to do in this consciously
revisionist take. It is a great testament to his skills as a
scholar and writer that he manages to do so with such aplomb ...
stellar' Tristram Hunt, Daily Telegraph.
*Daily Telegraph*
'More than simply a biography of Castlereagh, it is a fascinating
review of the war against Napoleon and authoritative assessment of
the personalities involved in the Congress of Vienna and the issues
they wrestled with in remoulding the face of Europe ... This is a
book that offers insights not only into its subject but the nature
and practice of diplomacy, statecraft,nationalism and
internationalism' Irish Independent.
*Irish Independent*
'In this well-researched and judicious book, John Bew successfully
readjusts the picture ... this excellent biography tells a
cautionary tale' Literary Review.
*Literary Review*
'[Portrays Castlereagh] convincingly and without any historical or
bibliographical contortion' London Review of Books.
*Review of Books*
'A compelling account' Times Literary Review.
*Times Literary Review*
'The most brilliant and wise political biography I have read in a
long while' Wall Street Journal.
*Wall Street Journal*
'In a magisterial political portrait Bew brings Castlereagh and his
world sharply back to life' Daily Telegraph.
*Daily Telegraph*
'Vast, well-researched biography ... [a] solid, accomplished book'
Sunday Times.
*Sunday Times*
'Wonderful ... A Life so nearly complete that it need never be
written again' Ferdinand Mount, Times Literary Supplement.
*Times Literary Supplement*
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