John Wilton

John Wilton splits his time between London and Brno in the Czech Republic, as a Professor of International Relations and European Studies.In his professional capacity he has conducted extensive research into the 1989 revolutions in East and Central Europe, particularly in Romania and the former Czechoslovakia. His research interests have also taken him to a number of cities and regions of the former Soviet Union, and subsequently Russia. These include a visit to the Gorbachev Foundation in...See more

John Wilton splits his time between London and Brno in the Czech Republic, as a Professor of International Relations and European Studies.In his professional capacity he has conducted extensive research into the 1989 revolutions in East and Central Europe, particularly in Romania and the former Czechoslovakia. His research interests have also taken him to a number of cities and regions of the former Soviet Union, and subsequently Russia. These include a visit to the Gorbachev Foundation in Moscow. His other research area interest is nineteenth century Russian literature and the Russian political tradition.John's time living and working in the Czech Republic over the past twenty-five years inspired his book The Hope, which is based on historical events from 1989. Similarly, his visits to the Greek island of Rhodes over the past twenty-seven years, including living there through five complete summers, inspired his novel 'Lindos Retribution', and his 8 subsequent novels based on Rhodes and Lindos. His favourite writing genre is historical fiction and favourite books include: Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera), Bring Up The Bodies (Hilary Mantel), To Kill A Tsar (Andrew Williams), The Glass Room (Simon Mawer). He usually writes during the mornings by a window, especially when he is travelling, working or living abroad. See less