▁Te legraph ▁newspaper . ▁ ▁Buck ley ▁studied ▁military ▁history ▁at ▁Oxford ▁before ▁he ▁started ▁as ▁a ▁war ▁correspond ent ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁His ▁reporting ▁from ▁batt les ▁and ▁front ▁lines ▁in ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁earned ▁him ▁international ▁prest ige . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁Road ▁to ▁Rome , ▁An ▁Account ▁of ▁Military ▁Oper ations ▁in ▁Italy , ▁ 1 9 4 3 – 4 4 ▁( 1 9 4 5 ) ▁and ▁wrote ▁official ▁accounts ▁of ▁military ▁operations ▁( e . g ., ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ) ▁for ▁His ▁Majesty ' s ▁Station ery ▁Office ▁( H MS O ). ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁two ▁nov els , ▁Rain ▁Before ▁Seven ▁( 1 9 4 7 ) ▁and ▁Royal ▁Ch ase ▁( 1 9 4 9 ). ▁The ▁first ▁of ▁these ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁" something ▁of ▁a ▁forgotten ▁late ▁golden ▁age ▁classic " ▁in ▁the ▁crime ▁fiction ▁field . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁while ▁reporting ▁from ▁the ▁Korean ▁War , ▁he ▁was ▁killed ▁( with ▁journalist ▁Ian ▁Mor r ison ▁and ▁Colonel ▁M . ▁K . ▁Un ni ▁N ay ar ) ▁by ▁a ▁land mine ▁expl oding ▁under ▁their ▁je ep . ▁He ▁is ▁buried ▁at ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁Memorial ▁C emetery ▁in ▁Bus an , ▁South ▁Korea . ▁ ▁Richard ▁K not t ' s ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁book ▁The ▁T rio ▁() ▁is ▁an ▁account ▁of ▁Buck ley ' s ▁work