Victor Sebestyen was born in Budapest and was only an infant when his family left Hungary. He has worked for many British newspapers, including the Evening Standard. He lives in England.
Books in order of publication:
Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Pantheon Books, 2006.
Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire. Hachette, 2009.
1946: The Making of the Modern World. Macmillan, 2014.
Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror. Pantheon Books. (2017).
Budapest – Between East and West. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. (2022)
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