Christopher Simon Sykes

Christopher Simon Sykes (born 23 July 1948)^[1] is an English writer and photographer. He was born into the northern English landed gentry Sykes family of Sledmere, the third son of Sir (Mark Tatton) Richard Tatton-Sykes, 7th Baronet of Sledmere.^[2][3] He is the grandson of Mark Sykes, who helped draw up the Sykes-Picot Agreement. In addition to his authoring fourteen books, his work has appeared in many magazines. He has also written and presented Upper Crust, a six-part television series on country-house cookery for BBC Two.^[4] He is married, and has two children by his first wife.^[2]

Publications

• The Visitors' Book: A Family Album. New York: Putnam. 1978. ISBN 978-0-399-12212-5.
• Black Sheep. Viking Press. 1982.^[5]
• Ancient English Houses: 1240-1612. London: Chatto and Windus. 1988. ISBN 978-0-7011-3176-0.
• The National Trust Country House Album. National Trust. 1989. ISBN 978-1-851-45201-9.
• Private Palaces: Life in the Great London Houses. Chatto & Windus. 1985. ISBN 978-0-701-13001-5.
• Great Houses of England and Wales. Laurence King. 1994. ISBN 978-1-856-69053-9. (with Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd)
• Great Houses of Scotland. Laurence King. 1997. ISBN 978-1-856-69106-2. (with Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd)
• Great Houses of Ireland. Laurence King. 1999. ISBN 978-1-856-69172-7. (with Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd)
• English Manor Houses. Laurence King. 2001. ISBN 978-1-856-69222-9. (with Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd)
• The Big House: The Story of a Country House and its Family. HarperCollins. 2004. ISBN 978-0-007-10710-0.
• David Hockney: The Biography, 1937-1975. New York: Nan A. Talese . 2012. ISBN 978-0-385-53144-3.^[6][7]
• David Hockney: The Biography, 1975 - 2012. New York: Doubleday. 2014. ISBN 978-0-385-53590-8.^[8][9][10]
• The Man Who Created the Middle East: A Story of Empire, Conflict and the Sykes-Picot Agreement. HarperCollins. 2018. ISBN 978-0-008-12192-1.^[11]