Tutor information
Christopher Danziger
Christopher Danziger M.A., M.Ed., was formerly Head of History at St Edward’s School, Oxford and a lecturer at the Universities of Durham and Cape Town. He has been a Tutor for Oxford Lifelong Learning for over 15 years. He teaches European History, with a special interest in Napoleonic France and Romanov Russia, on both of which he has written extensively.
Courses
The Trans-Siberian Railway spans 6,000 miles and nine time zones but also the 2,000 years of Russia's complex, little understood history. Through the windows of our railway carriage we get an insight into this enduringly mysterious country and its people.
It is ironic that islands should loom so large in the story of one of history’s greatest land generals. How true was Napoleon's own assessment that 'All the misfortunes of my life, I truly believe, can be traced back to islands'?
Examine the extraordinary and totally disproportionate role played in the history of Europe and the world by the people from the sparse populations and inhospitable lands surrounding the Baltic Sea.