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Jonathan Beckman is a British journalist and historian. He was educated at Cambridge University and the University of London. He is best known for his book How to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace Affair, which received widespread critical acclaim. It won Beckman the Somerset Maugham Award and the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for Non-Fiction.

He has worked at the Literary Review and the Economist magazine.

References

1. Henley, Jon (21 August 2014). "How to Ruin a Queen by Jonathan Beckman – review". The Guardian.
2. "Anne Somerset - Diamonds Aren't a Girl's Best Friend".
3. "How to Ruin a Queen by Jonathan Beckman, book review: Tale of greed". The Independent. 5 June 2014.
4. "How to Ruin a Queen by Jonathan Beckman, review: 'deft and rock-solid scholarship'". 7 July 2014.
5. "Jonathan Beckman".

• Living people
• Alumni of the University of Cambridge
• British literary editors
• Historians of the French Revolution
• Historians of monarchy and royalty