Geoffrey Michael Brooks
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Geoffrey Michael Brooks (born 16 February 1944, Olney, Buckinghamshire
) is a writer and translator. In 1960 he was awarded the ICHS School Prize in Languages.
He was educated at Ilford County High School
, Ilford
, Essex
. He has travelled throughout the world, lives with his family in Argentina and now works as a freelance translator from German
and Spanish
. His first book, Hitler's Nuclear Weapons, was published in the United States
by Leo Cooper in 1992. This was followed by Hirschfeld - The Secret Diary of a U-Boat Commander (1996) and FIPS - Legendary U-Boat Commander (1999), both of which he translated and edited, and were also published initially under the Leo Cooper
/Pen And Sword Books
imprint. His latest book Hitler's Terror Weapons
details the development of secret technology under the Third Reich, and was published in Great Britain
in 2002, printed by CPI UK. He has translated for publication 32 military books from the German for UK publishers Pen & Sword Books, Greenhill Books/Frontline Books and Chatham Publishing.
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
) is a writer and translator. In 1960 he was awarded the ICHS School Prize in Languages.
He was educated at Ilford County High School
Ilford County High School
Ilford County High School is a selective boys' secondary grammar school and a specialist science college in the Barkingside area of the London Borough of Redbridge.ICHS is a four-form entry school, each form comprising up to 30 pupils...
, Ilford
Ilford
Ilford is a large cosmopolitan town in East London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Redbridge. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It forms a significant commercial and retail...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
. He has travelled throughout the world, lives with his family in Argentina and now works as a freelance translator from German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. His first book, Hitler's Nuclear Weapons, was published in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
by Leo Cooper in 1992. This was followed by Hirschfeld - The Secret Diary of a U-Boat Commander (1996) and FIPS - Legendary U-Boat Commander (1999), both of which he translated and edited, and were also published initially under the Leo Cooper
Pen And Sword Books
Pen and Sword Books is a British publisher which specializes in printing and distributing books on military history and other niche subjects....
/Pen And Sword Books
Pen And Sword Books
Pen and Sword Books is a British publisher which specializes in printing and distributing books on military history and other niche subjects....
imprint. His latest book Hitler's Terror Weapons
Hitler's Terror Weapons
Hitler's Terror Weapons: From V-1 to Vimana is Geoffrey Brooks' latest work, first published in the United Kingdom in 2002 by Leo Cooper, an imprint of Pen And Sword Books, printed in the UK by CPI UK....
details the development of secret technology under the Third Reich, and was published in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
in 2002, printed by CPI UK. He has translated for publication 32 military books from the German for UK publishers Pen & Sword Books, Greenhill Books/Frontline Books and Chatham Publishing.