Andrew Roberts

Roberts is the author of The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of King George III. He is also the author of biographies of Napoleon, Churchill, and other acclaimed works for history. He is the Roger and Martha Mertz Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, chair of the judges of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize, and a visiting professor in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London.

America's Last King Was No Crazy Tyrant

I loved Hamilton: An American Musical for its foot-tapping tunes and witty libretto, but it’s no more an accurate portrayal of history than Shakespeare’s Richard III or Macbeth. For the cruel prancing camp sadist portrayed...

By Andrew Roberts November 9, 2021

10 Lessons From History About What Makes a Truly Great Leader

With the 2020 presidential election approaching, America is bracing to choose its next leader in a time of incredible change and upheaval. How can we recognize the kind of person we’ll need to lead us...

By Andrew Roberts October 30, 2019

Churchill's Surprising Anti-Americanism And What Changed

“If we are together nothing is impossible,” Winston Churchill famously said of the United States and Britain in his Harvard speech of Sept. 6, 1943. “If we are divided all will fail. I therefore preach...

By Andrew Roberts November 15, 2018