
Richard Brooks
Author · 7 books
Former tax-inspector Richard Brooks reports for Private Eye on a range of subjects and has contributed to the Guardian, the BBC, and many other media outlets. With David Craig he was co-author of the bestselling Plundering the Public Sector. In 2008 he was awarded the Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism. He lives in Reading.
Series
Books

Lewes and Evesham 1264-65
Simon de Montfort and the Barons' War
2015

Walcheren 1944
Storming Hitler's island fortress
2011

The Knight Who Saved England
William Marshal and the French Invasion, 1217
2014

Solferino 1859
The battle for Italy's Freedom
2009

Atlas of World Military History
2000

Bean Counters
The Triumph of the Accountants and How They Broke Capitalism
2018

The Great Tax Robbery
How Britain Became a Tax Haven for Fat Cats and Big Business
2013