Nigel Cawthorne


Nigel Cawthorne is a British freelance writer of fiction and non-fiction, and an editor.
According to Cawthorne's website, he has written more than 150 books on a wide range of subjects. He also contributed to The Guardian, the Daily Mirror, the Daily Mail, and the New-York Tribune. He has appeared on television and BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Works

Series

Prisoner of War series
Sex Lives series
Old England series
The Art of series
Mammoth Books
Brief Histories
Complete Illustrated Encyclopedias

''Jack the Ripper's Secret Confession''

"Television director Monaghan and author Cawthorne fail to prove their case that Jack the Ripper,...and a pseudonymous author known only as “Walter” were one and the same....the links Monaghan and Cawthorne try to establish with the Ripper...are flimsy."

''Flight MH370: The Mystery''

The 2014 proposes a conspiracy theory regarding disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The book was fiercely criticised in The Australian by David Free, who described it as an 'information gumbo' that 'reproduces the slapdash atmosphere of the worst kind of 24-hour news show' and advised readers 'Next time you're in one, buy any book other than this. I guarantee it won't be worse'. The Daily Telegraph reported some relatives of the victims were angered by the book In a May 2014 segment of the Australian television program Today, co-host Karl Stefanovic also took issue with guest Cawthorne. Stefanovic characterized the book as "disgusting" and insensitive to the families.

''Jeremy Corbyn: Leading from the Left''

Merryn Williams, writing for the Oxford Lwft Review said regarding the 2015 Jeremy Corbyn: Leading from the Left'', "His book is neither pro nor anti, though it sometimes uses loaded terms like ‘moderate’ and ‘hard left’. It has been unkindly described on Amazon as ‘a fleshed-out Wikipedia entry’, and there are very many typos, but it does give a fairly accurate account of Jeremy’s career up to September 2015. Hardly anything is said, though, about the fascinating subject of exactly how and why he got elected."