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Peter Conradi is a British author and journalist who is the Europe Editor of ''
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'' of London.


Biography

Conradi is the author of '' The Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia's Most Brutal Serial Killer'' (about
Andrei Chikatilo Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (; ; 16 October 1936 – 14 February 1994) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet serial killer nicknamed "the Butcher of Rostov", "the Rostov Ripper", and "the Red Ripper" who sexual assault, sexually assaulted, murdered, and ...
); '' Mad Vlad: Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the New Russian Nationalism'' (about
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (, , né Eidelstein, ; 25 April 1946 – 6 April 2022) was a Russian right-wing populist politician and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) from its creation in 1992 until his death in 20 ...
) and ''
Hitler's Piano Player Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...
'' (about
Ernst Hanfstaengl Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl (; 2 February 1887 – 6 November 1975) was a German American businessman and close friend of Adolf Hitler. He eventually fell out of favour with Hitler and defected from Nazi Germany to the United States. He la ...
a.k.a. Putzi). ''
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'' called ''Hitler's Piano Player'' "an exemplary piece of biographical writing". He is co-author with Mark Logue of the best-selling book '' The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy'', which tells the story of the friendship between King
George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until Death and state funeral of George VI, his death in 1952 ...
and his Australian speech therapist,
Lionel Logue Lionel George Logue (26 February 1880 – 12 April 1953) was an Australian speech and language therapist and amateur stage actor who helped George VI, King George VI manage his Stuttering, stammer. Early life and family Logue was born on 26 F ...
, that inspired the highly acclaimed film of the same name. He is also author of ''
Royale Europe Royale is the French feminine form of royal. Royale may refer to: Places * Île Royale, an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of French Guiana * Île Royale, a former name of Cape Breton Island, Canada * Isle Royale, an island in Lake ...
'', a book about Europe's reigning
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, which was published initially in French in May 2011. A graduate of the
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(
Brasenose College Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the m ...
), Conradi also studied at
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. He was a foreign correspondent based in
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, Zurich, and Moscow, and became deputy foreign editor of ''
The Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of N ...
'' of London in 1998. He was appointed editor of ''Home'', the newspaper's property supplement, in April 2006 and subsequently ''Focus'' editor. He was appointed as the newspaper's foreign editor, succeeding Sean Ryan, in July 2013. In September 2018 he was named European editor for the Sunday Times and Times. His book about politics between
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and the
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, ''Who Lost Russia?'', was described by
Owen Matthews Owen Matthews (born December 1971) is a British writer, historian and journalist. His first book, ''Stalin's Children'', was shortlisted for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award, the Orwell Prize for political writing, and France's Prix Médicis E ...
in the ''
Literary Review ''Literary Review'' is a British literary magazine founded in 1979 by Anne Smith, then head of the Department of English at the University of Edinburgh. Its offices are on Lexington Street in Soho. The magazine was edited for fourteen years b ...
'' as 'fast-paced, comprehensive, solidly researched and, most importantly, essential reading for anyone who wants to understand one of the great crises of our times.' He has three children and lives in Paris.


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Articles by Peter Conradi
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Conradi, Peter Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford British male journalists British non-fiction writers 1960 births