Nicholas Rankin
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Nicholas Rankin

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Nicholas Rankin spent 20 years broadcasting for BBC World Service where he was Chief Producer and won two UN awards. His first book for Faber, Dead Man's Chest, followed in Robert Louis Stevenson's footsteps from Scotland to Samoa and was much enjoyed by Graham Greene. He then wrote four books about warfare: Telegram from Guernica, Churchill’s Wizards, Ian Fleming’s Commandos and Defending the Rock. His sixth non-fiction book, Trapped in History: Kenya, Mau Mau and Me, is a personal memoir and a detailed study of a violent period in the 20th century decolonisation of Africa.
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