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George Goodwin is the author of four highly-acclaimed historical studies. \u00a0 <\/em>The latest of these is Propaganda Wars of the American Revolution, published by Yale Univeristy Press in 2026. <\/em><\/span>It is a successor to his B<\/span><\/em>enjamin Franklin in London: The British Life of America’s Founding Father<\/em><\/span>, published in hardcover and paperback by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK) and Yale University Press (USA). His previous works were Fatal Colours – Towton 1461<\/em><\/span> on the reign of Henry VI and the\u00a01st War of the Roses;\u00a0and Fatal Rivalry — Henry VIII, James IV and the battle for Renaissance Britain, Flodden 1513, <\/span>\u00a0both published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK) and W W Norton (USA)<\/em><\/p>\n

He is also the author of the festive Christmas Traditions: A celebration of festive lore, <\/span>\u00a0published by British Library Publishing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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George Goodwin is\u00a0a\u00a0Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and\u00a0the Royal Society of Arts.<\/p>\n

George was the 2018\/19 Dr William M. and Betty H. Busey Family Fellow at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon; and an Eccles Centre Makin Fellow at the British Library. He was a 2014 & 2017 International Fellow at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. He is Honorary Author in Residence at Benjamin Franklin House in London.<\/p>\n

George\u00a0is\u00a0a history graduate of Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Foundation Exhibition.\u00a0\u00a0His home is in Kew, a stone\u2019s throw from the Royal Botanic Gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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