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The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Charles Spencer was educated at Eton College, and took a degree in Modern History at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. He then worked in 30 countries as a reporter for the American network NBC for a decade from 1986.
He is the author of seven History books, including the Sunday Times bestsellers Blenheim: Battle for Europe (shortlisted for History Book of the Year, at the 2005 National Book Awards), and Killers of the King (the second highest-selling History book in the UK, in 2014).
Charles is also the 9th Earl Spencer, inheriting Althorp in 1992. He founded the Althorp Literary Festival. He has written for a number of UK and US publications including The Spectator, The Financial Times, and Vanity Fair.
He is the father of seven children. He is also a patron of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, Cynthia Spencer Hospice, and the Brain Tumour Charity, and lived for five years in Cape Town – where he served as a Trustee of Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Fund.
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