Adam Hochschild
Hoyer was born in Guben, East Germany,[5] where her mother was a teacher and her father an East German military officer.[6] She received a Master's degree from the University of Jena[3] and moved to the United Kingdom in about 2010.[7]
Hoyer is a visiting research fellow at King's College London and has published two books about the history of Germany. She is also a journalist for The Spectator, The Washington Post and Die Welt.[3] Her first book, Blood and Iron, about the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, was well reviewed,[8][9] even though some reviewers suggested that she had played down the negative aspects of the period and of Otto von Bismarck's legacy.[10][11] Her second book, Beyond the Wall, about the history of East Germany from 1949 to 1990, was well reviewed in the United Kingdom,[1][12][13][14][15] but less well received in Germany.[6]
Hoyer is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[3]Podcast Tommies & Jerries on Anglo-German relations with co-host Oliver Moody, The Times’ Berlin Correspondent
Contributing writer at The Spectator
Contributing writer at UnHerd
Articles for History Today, BBC History Extra, The Historian
Public speaking events at Chalke Valley History Festival, Dublin Festival of History, Historical Association’s Annual Conference
Political commentary on radio and TV news channels
Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 (The History Press, 2021)
Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949–1990 (Random House, 2023)
