Tim Bouverie is a historian and journalist. His first book Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War was a Sunday Times Bestseller and was shortlisted for the prestigious Orwell Prize. The book has been translated into eleven languages and is regarded as the first major narrative account of appeasement. Tim’s latest book Allies at War: The Politics of Defeating Hitler published in April 2025 to critical acclaim, with The Guardian calling it “a revelatory study of second world war alliances”, and The Independent writing that it was “A powerful and well-researched study of an alliance that was often fractious or worse”. In March 2026, Allies at War won the Duff Cooper Prize. Having studied history at Oxford, Tim...
Tim Bouverie is a historian and journalist. His first book Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War was a Sunday Times Bestseller and was shortlisted for the prestigious Orwell Prize. The book has been translated into eleven languages and is regarded as the first major narrative account of appeasement.
Tim’s latest book Allies at War: The Politics of Defeating Hitler published in April 2025 to critical acclaim, with The Guardian calling it “a revelatory study of second world war alliances”, and The Independent writing that it was “A powerful and well-researched study of an alliance that was often fractious or worse”. In March 2026, Allies at War won the Duff Cooper Prize.
Having studied history at Oxford, Tim worked on historical and political documentaries before joining Channel 4 News, where he worked as a political journalist alongside Michael Crick.
During Tim’s four and a half years at Channel 4, he covered almost every significant political event, including two General Elections and the Scottish and EU referendums.
Tim regularly reviews history and politics books for The Times, Spectator, Observer and Daily Telegraph and has written for the Wall Street Journal.
Tim’s second book, Perfect Pitch: 100 pieces of classical music to bring joy, tears, solace,
empathy, inspiration (& everything in between) was published in October 2021.
A confident public speaker, Tim has given lectures and after dinner speeches across the United States and Britain. He is a regular contributor to the Chalke Valley History Festival, where he has interviewed John Major, Peter Mandelson, George Osborne and Alan Johnson. Recently, Tim has hosted a series of interviews for the Birley Clubs with guests including, Joanna Lumley, Ben Macintyre and Max Hastings.
‘One of the most promising young historians to enter our field for years’ – Max Hastings.
‘Appeasing Hitler is the stunning debut of a major new narrative historian.’ – Professor Margaret Macmillan.
‘Brilliant and sparkling … reads like a thriller. I couldn’t put it down’ – Peter Frankopan.
‘The best account of the subject that I have ever read… Not only dramatic but sparkling and
witty’ – Professor Sir Michael Howard.
