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Stephan Roman Author

Stephan Roman studied History at the University of Oxford and trained in library and information science at the University of Sheffield. He has held senior positions in the British Council working in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He became a Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2012 and was awarded the Romanian Order of Merit for Services to Culture in 2004. His grandfather was a senior official in the Tsarist administration and fled Russia after the Revolution inspiring the author's lifelong interest and fascination with Russian and British history.