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British author and historian
Rosemary Victoria Schofield is a British author, biographer, and historian.
[1] Her most recent books are a memoir of her thirty year friendship with
Benazir Bhutto ,
[2]
[3] a two volume history of the
Black Watch
[4]
[5] and a biography of Sir
John Wheeler-Bennett .
[6] She also wrote the first full-length biography of
Field Marshal
Archibald Wavell
[7]
[8] and edited a memoir of his life and naval career by her late father
Vice Admiral B. B. Schofield.
[9] She regularly contributes to British national and specialist media.
[10]
Life and career
Victoria Schofield was educated at the
Royal Naval School for Girls , and at
Lady Margaret Hall (LMH) of
Oxford University , from which she holds a degree in Modern History. At LMH she was a close friend of Benazir Bhutto, whom she succeeded as
President of the Oxford Union Society .
[11] She was the visiting
Alistair Horne Fellow at
St Antony's College, University of Oxford in 2004-2005.
[12]
Schofield is married to Stephen Willis and has three adult children.
[11]
Published works
Bhutto: Trial and Execution. London: Cassell, 1979.
ISBN
9780304305391 .
The United Nations: People, Politics, and Power. Hove: Wayland, 1979.
ISBN
9780853406563 .
Every Rock, Every Hill: The Plain Tale of the North-West Frontier and Afghanistan. London: Pimlico, 1984, 1987.
ISBN
978-0712616256 .
Kashmir in the Crossfire. London, Tauris, 1996.
ISBN
9781860640360 .
(ed.) Old Roads, New Highways: Fifty Years of Pakistan . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
ISBN
9780195778458 .
The House That Fell Down: A Diary of a Domestic Disaster. London: John Murray, 2001.
ISBN
9780719563294 .
Wavell: Soldier and Statesman. London: John Murray, 2006.
ISBN
9780719563201 .
Afghan Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia / At the Crossroads of Conflict. London: Tauris Parke, 2003, 2010.
ISBN
9781417556922 .
Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan, and the Unending War. London: Tauris, 2000, 2003, 2010.
ISBN
9781860645457 .
Witness to History: The Life of John Wheeler-Bennett. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012.
ISBN
9780300179019 .
The Highland Furies: The Black Watch 1739-1899 . London: Quercus, 2012.
ISBN
9781849165501 .
The Black Watch: Fighting in the Front Line, 1899-2006 . London: Head of Zeus, 2017.
ISBN
9781784979973 .
With The Royal Navy in War and Peace: O'Er the Dark Blue Sea (Editor). London: Pen & Sword, 2018.
ISBN
9781526736475
The Fragrance of Tears: My Friendship with Benazir Bhutto . London: Apollo, 2020.
ISBN
9781789544459 .
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