Siân ReynoldsSiân Reynolds was born and educated in Cardiff, read modern languages at St. Anne's College, Oxford, and has a doctorate in history from the University of Paris-VII, supervised by Michelle Perrot. She has taught in secondary schools, adult eduation, and the Universities of Sussex and Edinburgh, and was a professor of French at the University of Stirling from 1990 to 2004. Reynolds has published books on both French and Scottish history, and has translated works by leading French historians such as Fernand Braudel as well as detective novels by Fred Vargas. She is a past president of the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France, and is currently a trustee of the Scottish Working People's History Trust. Read More Read Less