Peter Darman

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Peter Darman was raised in Grantham, Lincolnshire and attended the King's Grammar School after passing the Eleven Plus exam. In the latter he can clearly remember writing an essay on Oliver Cromwell his first piece of military writing.

Then came a BA in history and international relations at Nottingham followed by a Master of Philosophy course at the University of York. The subject was the generalship and cavalry of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, his boyhood hero, during the English Civil War. The year which he spent researching and writing at York, Oxford and at the British Library in London was a truly wonderful time.
Peter moved to London and eventually joined a small publishing company as an editor. Thus began his writing career.