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My Take
Max Hastings is, to my mind, a model of the journalist who became a historian without losing the reporter's eye. Having covered conflict for the BBC before editing The Daily Telegraph and the Evening Standard, he writes military history with the texture of someone who actually walked battlefields. Thirty-plus books, a Knighthood, a Somerset Maugham Award and a Royal Historical Society fellowship attest to a formidable second act. What I admire most is how he renders vast wars as human stories rather than dry chronology. I trust prose earned on foot far more than prose written only from archives.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Max Hastings
- Name (Japanese)
- マックス・ヘイスティングス
- Reading
- まっくす・へいすてぃんぐす
- Born
- December 28, 1945 (age 80)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rooster
- Origin
- Lambeth, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- journalist / military historian / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University College, Oxford
Awards & achievements
- Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
- 1996 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Knight Bachelor
- 1980 Somerset Maugham Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Hastings
Frequently asked questions
When was Max Hastings born?
Born December 28, 1945 (age 80).
Where is Max Hastings from?
Max Hastings is from Lambeth, United Kingdom.
What does Max Hastings do?
Max Hastings works as journalist, military historian, writer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.