About
Dr Luke Daly-Groves is an award-winning historian, author, and lecturer. He is most well-known for writing the internationally acclaimed Hitler’s Death: The Case Against Conspiracy. He enjoys talking about history on television, radio, podcasts, and in newspapers and magazines.
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​Luke is currently working on fascinating new publications and exciting television shows whilst undertaking his duties as a Lecturer in Modern European History at The University of Manchester.
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​In 2015 Luke obtained a BA degree with First Class Honours in History from the University of Central Lancashire. His BA thesis formed the basis of his first book, Hitler's Death: The Case Against Conspiracy (Oxford: Osprey, 2019). In 2016 he earned an MA in Modern History with Distinction from the University of Leeds. His MA thesis about the Napoleonic Legend won the Marion Sharples prize for best dissertation. In 2020, Luke began working with Professor Catherine Fletcher on her fascinating new book The Roads to Rome: A History (London: Bodley Head, 2024).
In 2020, Luke’s PhD thesis passed without corrections at the University of Leeds. It was awarded a research excellence prize, and inspired his second book, The British and American Intelligence Divisions in Occupied Germany, 1945-1955: A Secret System of Rule (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). In 2021, Luke was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society by invitation of the society’s President, in recognition of his contribution to scholarship.
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Luke has taught over twenty modules at three UK universities since 2017 and supervised an array of fascinating dissertation projects.
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​Luke’s historical interests are wide ranging (from Ancient Rome to the Second World War, and beyond!) as he, in the spirit of Hugh Trevor-Roper’s philosophy, seeks to investigate numerous topics and to answer important historical questions and problems which seem worth solving as they arise.
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Television has provided an exciting avenue for Luke to share his passion for history, with recent appearances on Forbidden History and History’s Greatest Mysteries, hosted by Laurence Fishburne.
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​Luke has written for The New Statesman, The Spectator, History Today, The American, The Journal of Intelligence History, Intelligence & National Security, History of War, Literary Review, Military History Now, and Dan Snow's History Hit.