David Crane is a Scottish historian and author. Crane read history and English at

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before becoming a lecturer at universities in the

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, and

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. He lives in northwest

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. He has written two books about

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and his family; a biography of explorer

Robert Falcon Scott Captain Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 – ) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, ''Discovery'' expedition of 1901–04 and the Terra Nova Expedition ...

; and a book about World War I grave monuments. He has also written a book about The Battle of Waterloo called ''Went the Day Well?'' (Witnessing Waterloo).

Awards and honours

*2013 Samuel Johnson Prize shortlist for ''Empires of the Dead'' *2013 Hessell-Tiltman Prize shortlist for ''Empires of the Dead''

Bibliography

*''Lord Byron's Jackal: A Life of Trelawny'' (1999) * ''The Kindness of Sisters: Annabella Milbanke and the Destruction of the Byrons'' (2002), held in 390 libraries according to

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*''Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage and Tragedy in the Extreme South'' (2006)WorldCat
/ref> *''Empires of the Dead: How One Man's Vision led to the Creation of WWI's World Graves'' (2013) *'' Went the Day Well? (Witnessing Waterloo)'' (2015)

References

21st-century Scottish historians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Oxford {{UK-historian-stub