Alan Palmer is an author and historian. His many critically acclaimed works include Alexander I: Tsar of War and Peace, Metternich, Councillor of Europe and The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire. Among Alan Palmer's books are Napoleon in Russia, Metternich, Alexander I and Twilight of the Habsburgs.
A fine piece of narrative history, a combination of suspense and scholarship Antonia Fraser Palmer's style is as good as his judgement is daring Sunday Times Palmer has an admirable eye for telling detail Sunday Telegraph