Denis Judd
Auteur de Empire: The British Imperial Experience From 1765 To The Present
A propos de l'auteur
Denis Judd is Professor Emeritus of Imperial and Commonwealth History London Metropolitan University, and Professor at New York University in London. His books include The Boer War; Empire; George VI (all published by I.B. Tauris); and The Lion and the Tiger: The Rise and Fall of the British Raj; afficher plus Balfour and the British Empire; Radical Joe - A Life of Joseph Chamberlain. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. afficher moins
Œuvres de Denis Judd
The Modern Scholar: World's First Superpower: The Rise of the British Empire, 1497 to 1901 (2004) 9 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Judd, Denis
- Date de naissance
- 1938-10-28
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Byfield, Northamptonshire, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
- Études
- University of Oxford (Magdalen College) (BA) (Modern History) (1961)
University of London (PhD) (1967) - Professions
- biographer
historian
Professor Emeritus of Imperial and Commonwealth History
historical novelist - Organisations
- London Metropolitan University
- Prix et distinctions
- Royal Historical Society (Fellow)
- Agent
- Andrew Gordon
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 29
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 629
- Popularité
- #40,058
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 92
- Langues
- 2
I read this book seventy years after the death of George VI. This, simultaneously, was also his daughter's Platinum Jubilee. So, 70 years on, I was looking to read an concise, all encompassing report on the life of this particular monarch. I feel that I got that here. This was by no means in-depth. I did notice a mistake when the author mislabeled the famous Marie of Romania ("Missy") as her daughter Marie of Yugoslavia ("Mignon"). Minor quibbles aside, this was an excellent overview of a life well lived in service to his country.… (plus d'informations)