Christopher Hibbert (1924–2008)
Auteur de The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
A propos de l'auteur
Christopher Hibbert: March 5, 1924 -- December 21, 2008 Historian Christopher Hibbert was born as Arthur Raymond Hibbert in Enderby, England in 1924. He dropped out of Oriel College to join the Army. He served with the London Irish Rifles and won the Military Cross. He earned a degree in history in afficher plus 1948. Before becoming a full-time nonfiction writer, he worked as a real estate agent and a television critic for Truth magazine. He wrote more than 60 books throughout his lifetime including The Road to Tyburn (1957), Il Duce: The Life of Benito Mussolini(1962), George IV: Prince of Wales, 1762-1811 (1972), and George IV: Regent and King, 1812-1830 (1973). Hibbert was awarded the Heinemann Award for Literature in 1962 for The Destruction of Lord Raglan. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Geographical Society, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Literature by the University of Leicester. He died from bronchial pneumonia on December 21, 2008 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Christopher Hibbert circa 1974
Séries
Œuvres de Christopher Hibbert
Garibaldi and His Enemies: The Clash of Arms and Personalities in the Making of Italy (1965) 92 exemplaires
A Soldier of the Seventy-First: The Journal of a Soldier of the Highland Light Infantry, 1806-1815 (1975) 35 exemplaires
The Way of King Arthur: The True Story of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (2004) 31 exemplaires
A Brief History of the Borgias: The Bloodiest Family of the Italian Renaissance (2012) 2 exemplaires
The Royal Victorians King Edward the VII 2 exemplaires
The World of Charles Dickens 1 exemplaire
The Classical Tradition 1 exemplaire
Queen Victoria r 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Life of Samuel Johnson; Abridged (1952) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 462 exemplaires
The Wreck of the Wager: The Narratives of John Bulkeley and the Hon. John Byron (2005) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 21 exemplaires
Captain Gronow: His Reminiscences of Regency and Victorian Life, 1810-60 (1880) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 18 exemplaires
The Wheatley Diary: A Journal and Sketch-Book Kept During the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign (1964) — Directeur de publication — 18 exemplaires
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1993 (1993) — Author "Marston Moor" and "Marston Moor Today" — 14 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Hibbert, Christopher
- Nom légal
- Hibbert, Arthur Raymond (birth name)
- Date de naissance
- 1924-05-03
- Date de décès
- 2008-12-21
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Pays (pour la carte)
- England, UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Enderby, Leicestershire, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Cause du décès
- bronchial pneumonia
- Lieux de résidence
- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Études
- Radley College
Oxford University (Oriel College|BA|1948|MA) - Professions
- military officer
historian
professor - Organisations
- British Army (London Irish Rifles)
Johnson Society
Army and Navy Club
Garrick Club - Prix et distinctions
- Military Cross (1945)
Royal Society of Literature (fellow)
Heinemann Award for Literature (1962)
Royal Geographical Society (fellow)
McColvin Medal (1989)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 85
- Aussi par
- 7
- Membres
- 12,597
- Popularité
- #1,856
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 155
- ISBN
- 398
- Langues
- 16
- Favoris
- 17