Andrew Marr

Andrew Marr is a leading British journalist, broadcaster and historian who became famous as political editor of the BBC. His large-scale histories, including A History of the World, fine-grained surveys such as A History of Modern Britain, and books on Shakespeare and on the art of drawing, have made him one of Britain's most successful popular historians.

Marr began as a political journalist at The Scotsman and The Economist before his television career. He writes vigorous narrative history that enjoys the sweep of the long view, and his books are known for marrying the newsman's nose for story with the historian's care.