Robert Kee CBE (born 5 October 1919 in Calcutta, India) is a British broadcaster, journalist and writer, known for his historical works on World War II and Ireland.
He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham and read history at Magdalen College, Oxford where he was a pupil, then a friend of the historian A.J.P. Taylor.
During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force as a bomber pilot. His plane was shot down over German-occupied Holland. He...
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Robert Kee CBE (born 5 October 1919 in Calcutta, India) is a British broadcaster, journalist and writer, known for his historical works on World War II and Ireland.
He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham and read history at Magdalen College, Oxford where he was a pupil, then a friend of the historian A.J.P. Taylor.
During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force as a bomber pilot. His plane was shot down over German-occupied Holland. He was imprisoned and spent three years in a German POW camp. This gave him material for his first book A Crowd Is Not Company. It was first published as a novel in 1947 but was later revealed to be an autobiography. It recounts his experiences as a prisoner of war and his various escapes from the Nazi camp. The Times describes it as "arguably the best POW book ever written."
His career in journalism began immediately after the Second World War. He worked for the Picture Post, then later became a special correspondent for the Sunday Times and...
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