Munro Price


Munro Price is a British historian noted for his award-winning work on French history.

Early life

Price was born in London to playwright and author Stanley Price and his wife Judy and raised in Highgate.

Education

Price was educated at University College School and Cambridge University, where he gained a First Class Degree in History before going on to study for his PhD under the supervision of T. C. W. Blanning.
Price was active in politics while at Cambridge, becoming president of Cambridge University Social Democrats, the university's SDP society.

Career

For most of his academic career Price was based at the University of Bradford, where he was professor of Modern European History in the Department of Peace Studies. He also taught at the University of Swansea and the University of Lyon.

Noted works

Known for his writings on French history from the time of the French Revolution through to Louis Philippe, Price has published several books and articles on the period, including The Fall of the French Monarchy: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the baron de Breteuil, winner of the Franco-British Society's Enid McLeod Literary Prize, and Napoleon: the End of Glory which has since been translated into German.
Price has also co-authored The Road to Apocalypse: The Extraordinary Journey of Lewis Way with his father, Stanley Price, focussing on the origins of the Evangelical Christian Zionist movement in early 19th century Britain and Europe.

Media

Contributing towards television programmes focussed on his area of expertise, Price has appeared in several documentaries in English and French language.