When my first novel was published, I went in great excitement round bookshops in central London to see if they had stocked it.

His best known works the best-selling Stalingrad and Berlin - The Downfall 1945 recount the World War II battles between the Soviet Union and Germany. Beevor is a former officer with the 11th Hussars who served in England and Germany for five years before resigning his commission. O.

He has publiAntony Beevord several popular histories on World War II and the 20th century in general. He is also a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.