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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.<ref>https://mediadirectory.economist.com/people/jonathan-beckman/</re>

References

1. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/21/how-to-ruin-queen-jonathan-beckman-review
2. https://literaryreview.co.uk/diamonds-arent-a-girls-best-friend
3. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/how-to-ruin-a-queen-by-jonathan-beckman-book-review-tale-of-greed-and-deceit-which-helped-to-destroy-marie-antoinette-s-reputation-9492707.html
4. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/10940171/How-To-Ruin-a-Queen-by-Jonathan-Beckman-review-deft-and-rock-solid-scholarship.html

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