| 词条 | Hugh Sebag-Montefiore |
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Nicholas Hugh Sebag-Montefiore (born 5 March 1955) is a British writer. He trained as a barrister before becoming a journalist and then a non-fiction writer. His second book Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man was published in 2006 by Viking in the UK: {{ISBN|0-670-91082-1}}. His previous book is Enigma: The Battle for the Code, the story of breaking the German Enigma machine code at Bletchley Park during World War II (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000).[1] His family owned Bletchley Park until they sold it to the British government in 1938. In 2016 Somme: Into the Breach appeared, in time for the 100th anniversary of the Somme Offensive. Cecil Sebag-Montefiore, the author’s great-grandfather, took his own life after serving with the Royal Engineers on the western front.[2] His brother Simon Sebag Montefiore is also a writer, besides being an historian. His cousin Denzil was a platoon commander at Dunkirk.[3] Family historyMontefiore's father, Stephen Eric Sebag-Montefiore, was descended from a line of wealthy Sephardic Jews who were diplomats and bankers all over Europe. At the start of the 19th century, his great-great uncle, Sir Moses Montefiore, became a banking partner of N M Rothschild & Sons.[4] His mother, Phyllis April Jaffé comes from a Lithuanian Jewish family of poor scholars. Her parents fled the Russian Empire at the turn of the 20th century. They bought tickets for New York City, but were cheated, being instead dropped off at Cork, Ireland. During the Limerick Pogrom of 1904 they left Ireland and moved to Newcastle, England. The father of his namesake, Bishop of Birmingham Hugh Montefiore, was the great-great-nephew of Sir Moses.[5] References1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.waterstones.com/author/hugh-sebag-montefiore/451490|title=Hugh Sebag-Montefiore books and biography {{!}} Waterstones|website=www.waterstones.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-03}} 2. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/04/somme-into-the-breach-hugh-sebag-montefiore-review-ian-thomson | title=Somme: Into the Breach by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore review | work=The Observer | date=July 4, 2016 | accessdate=December 14, 2017| quote=The author’s own great-grandfather, Cecil Sebag-Montefiore, we learn, took his own life after serving with the Royal Engineers on the western front. }} 3. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/arts/26iht-idbriefs27B.4355401.html?_r=0 | title=Review: Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's "Dunkirk" | work=International Herald Tribune | date=January 26, 2007 | accessdate=December 13, 2017 | author=Hitchens, Christopher| authorlink = Christopher Hitchens | quote=The author's own cousin, Denzil Sebag-Montefiore, may have been one of the few Jewish platoon commanders on those gruesome beaches... | via=The New York Times }} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-Moses-Montefiore-Baronet|title=Sir Moses Montefiore, Baronet {{!}} British philanthropist|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-09-03|language=en}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10960-montefiore|title=MONTEFIORE - JewishEncyclopedia.com|website=www.jewishencyclopedia.com|access-date=2018-09-03}} Bibliography
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