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John Parker (author)

John Parker (author)

British author and journalist

John Parker (born 5 August 1938) is a British author and journalist.

After leaving school, Parker found work at the Northampton Chronicle and Echo and worked in a number of local newspapers before getting a job in the Bahamas with the Nassau Daily Tribune. After working for Life, he returned to the UK to work for the Daily Mirror as a sub-editor.

Books

Parker has had more than 40 books published in hardback, including several on military and investigative topics and a number of biographies.[1][2]

  • King of Fools 1988 (on the Duke of Windsor)
  • Five for Hollywood 1989
  • The Princess Royal 1989
  • Prince Philip: A Critical Biography 1990
  • The Trial of Rock Hudson 1990
  • The Queen 1991
  • The Joker's Wild: The Biography of Jack Nicholson 1991
  • Warren Beatty: The Last Great Lover of Hollywood 1993
  • Sean Connery 1993
  • At the Heart of Darkness: Witchcraft, Black Magic and Satanism in Britain Today 1993
  • Elvis: The Secret Files 1993
  • Elvis: Murdered by the Mob 1993
  • Polanski 1993
  • Richard Gere: The Flesh and the Spirit 1995
  • The Walking Dead: A Woman's Brave Stand Against the Mafia 1995
  • De Niro 1996
  • The Killing Factory: The Top Secret World of Germ and Chemical Warfare 1996
  • Bruce Willis: The Unauthorised Biography 1997
  • Inside the Foreign Legion: The Sensational Story of the World's Toughest Army 1998
  • The Gurkhas: The Inside Story of the World's Most Feared Soldiers 1999
  • Death of a Hero: Captain Robert Nairac, GC and the Undercover War in Northern Ireland 1999
  • Commandos: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Elite Fighting Force 2000
  • Total Surveillance: Investigating the Big Brother World of e-Spies, Eavesdroppers and CCTV 2000
  • The Silent Service: The Inside Story of the Royal Navy's Submarine Heroes 2001
  • Strike Command: The Inside Story of the RAF's Warfare Heroes 2002
  • Task Force: Untold Stories of the Heroes of the Royal Navy 2003
  • SBS: The Inside Story of the Special Boat Service 2003
  • Secret Hero: The Life and Mysterious Death of Captain Robert Nairac 2004
  • Desert Rats: From El Alamein to Basra 2005
  • Black Watch: The Inside Story of the Oldest Highland Regiment in the British Army 2005
  • Wild: The Biography of Jack Nicholson 2005
  • Royal Marines Commandos: The Inside Story of a Force for the Future 2006
  • The Submarine: An Illustrated History from 1900 to 1950 2008
  • Robert De Niro: Portrait of a Legend 2009
  • Arise, Sir Sean Connery 2009
  • Modern Submarines: An Illustrated Reference Guide to Underwater Vessels of the World 2009
  • Michael Douglas: Acting on Instinct 2011
  • The Paras: The Inside Story of Britain's Toughest Regiment 2012
  • The Gurkhas: An Updated In-Depth Investigation into the History and Mystique of the Gurkha Regiments 2013
  • The Rocky Road: From Japanese Occupation to Rock & Roll Stardom 2013 (with Tony Rocco)
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Destroyers, Frigates & Submarines: A History of Destroyers, Frigates and Underwater Vessels from Around the World 2015 (with Bernard Ireland)
  • Jack Nicholson: The Biography 2017

References

  1. [1]
    "John Parker". Hachette. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  2. [2]
    "John Parker". Amazon. Retrieved 27 March 2021.


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