Munro Price is a British historian noted for his award-winning work on French history.

Early life

Price was born (February 1963) in

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to playwright and author

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and his wife Judy ( Fenton) and raised in

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Education

Price was educated at

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and

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, where he gained a First Class Degree in History before going on to study for his PhD under the supervision of T. C. W. Blanning. Price was active in politics while at Cambridge, becoming president of Cambridge University Social Democrats, the university's SDP society.

Career

For much of his academic career Price has been based at the

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, where he is currently professor of Modern European History and director of MA Programme in the Department of Peace Studies. He has also taught at the University of Swansea and the

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Noted works

Known for his writings on French history from the time of the French Revolution through to

Louis Philippe Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850), nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, the penultimate monarch of France, and the last French monarch to bear the title "King". He abdicated from his throne ...

, Price has published several books and articles on the period, including ''The Fall of the French Monarchy: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the baron de Breteuil'' (2002), winner of the Franco-British Society's Enid McLeod Literary Prize, and ''Napoleon: the End of Glory'' (2015) which has since been translated into German. Price has also co-authored ''The Road to Apocalypse: The Extraordinary Journey of Lewis Way'' with his father, Stanley Price, focussing on the origins of the

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movement in early 19th century Britain and Europe.

Media

Contributing towards television programmes focussed on his area of expertise, Price has appeared in several documentaries in English and French language.

Bibliography

*''Preserving the Monarchy: the comte de Vergennes. 1774-1787'', (Cambridge University Press, 1995) *''Louis XVI and the comte de Vergennes: correspondence, 1774-1787'', with John Hardman, (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford, December 1998) *''The Fall of the French Monarchy: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the baron de Breteuil'' (Macmillan, 2002) won the Franco-British Society’s Enid McLeod Literary Prize. It was shortlisted for the Longman-History Today Prize, and the

Hessell-Tiltman Prize The PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize is awarded to the best work of non-fiction of historical content covering a period up to and including World War II, and published in the year of the award. The books are to be of high literary merit, but not primari ...

. **It was published in the U.S. in 2003 with the title ''The Road from Versailles: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the Fall of the French Monarchy'' by

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. **It was published in Brazil in 2007 with the title ''A Queda da Monarquia Francesa. Luis XVI, Maria Antonieta et o barao de Breteuil''. Editora Record, Rio de Janeiro. *''The Perilous Crown: Ruling France 1814-1848'' (Macmillan, 2007) was well received in the UK, and France where it was published as ''Louis-Philippe, le prince et le roi : La France entre deux révolutions'' (Éditions de Fallois, 2009). *''The Road to Apocalypse: The Extraordinary Journey of Lewis Way'' (Notting Hill Editions, 2011) with

. This book was shortlisted for the

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.2013 Shortlist
*'' Napoleon The End Of Glory''

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, Oxford, 2014 **It was published in Germany in 2015 with the title ''Napoleon. Der Untergang''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Munro Living people British historians Historians of France Historians of the French Revolution People educated at University College School Place of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Academics of the University of Bradford 1963 births