Nicholas Hugh Sebag-Montefiore (born 5 March 1955) is a British writer.
He trained as a barrister before becoming a journalist and then a non-fiction writer.
His second book Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man was published in 2006.
His previous book is Enigma: The Battle for the Code, the story of breaking the German Enigma machine code at Bletchley Park during the Second World War (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000).
His family owned Bletchley Park until they sold it to the British government in 1938.
In 2016, Somme: Into the Breach appeared in time for the 100th anniversary of the Somme Offensive.
Cecil Sebag-Montefiore, the author’s great-grandfather, took his own life after serving with the Royal Engineers on the Western Front.His brother Simon Sebag Montefiore is also a writer, besides being an historian.
His cousin Denzil was a platoon commander at Dunkirk.