Christopher Hibbert (1924–2008)
Autor von The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
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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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: Christopher Hibbert circa 1974
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Garibaldi and His Enemies: The Clash of Arms and Personalities in the Making of Italy (1965) 92 Exemplare
A Soldier of the Seventy-First: The Journal of a Soldier of the Highland Light Infantry, 1806-1815 (1975) 35 Exemplare
The World of Charles Dickens 1 Exemplar
The Classical Tradition 1 Exemplar
Queen Victoria r 1 Exemplar
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The Wreck of the Wager: The Narratives of John Bulkeley and the Hon. John Byron (2005) — Herausgeber, einige Ausgaben — 20 Exemplare
Captain Gronow: His Reminiscences of Regency and Victorian Life, 1810-60 (1880) — Herausgeber, einige Ausgaben — 18 Exemplare
The Wheatley Diary: A Journal and Sketch-Book Kept During the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign (1964) — Herausgeber — 18 Exemplare
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1993 (1993) — Author "Marston Moor" and "Marston Moor Today" — 15 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Hibbert, Christopher
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Hibbert, Arthur Raymond
- Geburtstag
- 1924-03-05
- Todestag
- 2008-12-21
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Vereinigtes Königreich
- Land (für Karte)
- England, UK
- Geburtsort
- Enderby, Leicestershire, England, UK
- Sterbeort
- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Todesursache
- bronchial pneumonia
- Wohnorte
- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Ausbildung
- Radley College
Oxford University (Oriel College) - Berufe
- Offizier
Historiker
Schriftsteller
Professor - Organisationen
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
London Irish Rifles (Militärdienst in Italien)
Johnson Society - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Military Cross (1945)
Honorary Doctorate, Leicester University
Heinemann Award for Literature, 1962
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Agincourt von Christopher Hibbert
While this is a rather short history of the battle of Agincourt and the associated campaign, it is particularly well done. There are descriptions of the background to the campaign, the preparations and the landing in France. The siege of Harfleur is well described followed by the march across northern France shadowed by the French forces, then the battle and the aftermath. Additionally there is a rather interesting discussion of how the money was raised for the campaign and who got what. And several good appendices as well, including one listing Henry's retinue, which included such notables as the Clerk of the Stable and the Clerk of the Poultry!… (mehr)
A brilliant exercise in conciseness. The full history of England in less than 200 pages, including lots of illustrations. A very traditional history of monarchs and politicians but the author gets it all in. If you were revising for an appearance on University Challenge this would be in the reading list.
I really enjoyed this. It's really a grown up version of H.E. Marshall's, Our Island Story, which I've read with my children many times over the years.
Funniest bit: imagining not one but TWO kings being reported in history as having rolled around chomping on the straw floor in a rage. Bit spoilt?
Biggest disagreement: Page 115 states "Bloody" Mary wasn't actually cruel by nature: "Obstinate and narrow-minded, she knew her way to God and could not conceive that there might be some other way. Men and women had to suffer for their refusal to accept it, not to be punished but to be saved." Sounds like Mary's been reading the Koran.
Biggest annoyance: I'm not sure what happened with the end of this book---maybe they got sick of editing? Chapter 10 reads like a completely different author---run on sentences a paragraph long! Very distracting...but it soon goes back to normal, only to pick it up again in the last few pages of ch. 11. How weird?
Most Thought-Provoking Bit: "'It was only yesterday,' exclaims one of Thackeray's characters, 'but what a gulf between now and then. Then was the old world. Stage-coaches, more or less swift riding horses, packhorses, highwaymen... But your railroad starts a new era... We who lived before railways and survive out of the ancient world, are like Father Noah and his family out of the Ark.'" Funny---this is the same sentiment I have about being part of the partial generation that is old enough to have grown up without Internet but is young enough to have it play a significant part of our career and daily life.
I'll hold on to this as I'm sure I'll be wanting to read it again in 8-10 years or so.… (mehr)
Funniest bit: imagining not one but TWO kings being reported in history as having rolled around chomping on the straw floor in a rage. Bit spoilt?
Biggest disagreement: Page 115 states "Bloody" Mary wasn't actually cruel by nature: "Obstinate and narrow-minded, she knew her way to God and could not conceive that there might be some other way. Men and women had to suffer for their refusal to accept it, not to be punished but to be saved." Sounds like Mary's been reading the Koran.
Biggest annoyance: I'm not sure what happened with the end of this book---maybe they got sick of editing? Chapter 10 reads like a completely different author---run on sentences a paragraph long! Very distracting...but it soon goes back to normal, only to pick it up again in the last few pages of ch. 11. How weird?
Most Thought-Provoking Bit: "'It was only yesterday,' exclaims one of Thackeray's characters, 'but what a gulf between now and then. Then was the old world. Stage-coaches, more or less swift riding horses, packhorses, highwaymen... But your railroad starts a new era... We who lived before railways and survive out of the ancient world, are like Father Noah and his family out of the Ark.'" Funny---this is the same sentiment I have about being part of the partial generation that is old enough to have grown up without Internet but is young enough to have it play a significant part of our career and daily life.
I'll hold on to this as I'm sure I'll be wanting to read it again in 8-10 years or so.… (mehr)
Exactly what the title says. It is a biography of Florence from 59BC to 1992. It touches on most of the high points and gives a decent overview of the growth and power holders of the city. Florence is beautiful and this is a good beginner history of the city.
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