With the death this week of David McCullough, we lost an author who understood how to find the stories that made history feel relevant and real. By Candice Millard.

David McCullough death: Author and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner dies aged 89. The American author was known for his best-selling historical novels . Inga Parkel. Monday 08 August 2022 18:30 BST.

David Gaub McCullough was born, the third of four sons, in Pittsburgh on 7 July 1933. His father was a businessman, and his mother was a homemaker.