Antony Beevor is the author of Crete: The Battle and the Resistance (Runciman Prize), Stalingrad(Samuel Johnson Prize, Wolfson Prize for History and Hawthornden Prize), Berlin: The Downfall ,The Battle for Spain (Premio La Vanguardia), D-Day: The Battle for Normandy(Prix Henry Malherbe and the RUSI Westminster Medal), The Second World War, Ardennes 1944(Prix M¿cis shortlist) and Arnhem. The number one bestselling historian in Britain,__ Beevor's books have appeared in thirty-three languages and have sold over eight million copies. A former chairman of the Society of Authors, he has received a number of honorary doctorates. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Kent and an Honorary Fellow of King's College, London. He was knighted in 2017.