Christopher Hibbert
Arthur Raymond Hibbert, mer känd som Christopher Hibbert, född 5 mars 1924 i Enderby, död 21 december 2008 i Henley-on-Thames, var en brittisk författare och historiker.[1] Tillsammans med bokhandlaren Ben Weinreb sammanställde han uppslagsverket The London Encyclopaedia som utgavs 1983. Hibbert var ledamot i Royal Society of Literature.[2]
| Christopher Hibbert | |
| Född | 5 mars 1924 Enderby, England |
|---|---|
| Död | 21 december 2008 (84 år) Henley-on-Thames, England |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxfords universitet |
| Yrke/uppdrag | Författare, historiker |
| Känd för | Biografier The London Encyclopaedia |
Bibliografi
redigera- 1957 – The Road to Tyburn
- 1958 – King Mob
- 1959 – Wolfe at Quebec
- 1961 – Corunna
- 1961 – The Destruction of Lord Raglan
- 1962 – Benito Mussolini: A Biography (Mussolini: En biografi, översättning: Magnus K:son Lindberg, 1962)
- 1963 – The Roots of Evil: A Social History of Crime and Punishment
- 1964 – Agincourt
- 1964 – The Court at Windsor
- 1965 – Garibaldi and His Enemies
- 1967 – The Making of Charles Dickens
- 1967 – Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Campaign
- 1968 – Charles I
- 1969 – London: The Biography of a City
- 1969 – The Search for King Arthur
- 1970 – Anzio: The Bid for Rome
- 1970 – The Dragon Wakes: China and the West, 1793–1911
- 1971 – The Personal History of Samuel Johnson
- 1971 – Tower of London
- 1971 – Versailles
- 1972 – George IV: Prince of Wales, 1762–1811
- 1973 – George IV: Regent and King, 1811–1830
- 1974 – The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici
- 1975 – The Battle of Arnhem
- 1975 – The Illustrated London News: Social History of Victorian Britain
- 1976 – Edward VII: A Portrait
- 1976 – The Royal Victorians: King Edward VII, His Family and Friends
- 1978 – Disraeli and His World
- 1978 – The Great Mutiny: India 1857
- 1979 – Court of St. James's: The Monarch at Work from Victoria to Elizabeth II
- 1980 – The French Revolution
- 1981 – Greville's England: Selections from the Diaries of Charles Greville, 1818–1860
- 1981 – The Emperors of China
- 1982 – Africa Explored: Europeans in the Dark Continent, 1769–1889
- 1982 – The Popes
- 1983 – The London Encyclopaedia (tillsammans med Ben Weinreb)
- 1984 – Queen Victoria in Her Letters and Journals
- 1985 – Rome: The Biography of a City
- 1987 – A Guide to Royal London
- 1987 – Cities and Civilizations
- 1987 – The English: A Social History 1066–1945
- 1987 – The Grand Tour
- 1988 – London's Churches
- 1988 – The Encyclopaedia of Oxford
- 1988 – Venice: The Biography of a City
- 1990 – Redcoats and Rebels: The War for America 1770–1781
- 1990 – The Virgin Queen: The Personal History of Elizabeth I
- 1992 – The Story of England
- 1993 – Cavaliers & Roundheads: The English at War, 1642–1649
- 1993 – Florence: The Biography of a City
- 1994 – Nelson: A Personal History
- 1997 – Wellington: A Personal History
- 1998 – George III: A Personal History
- 2000 – Queen Victoria: A Personal History
- 2001 – The Marlboroughs: John and Sarah Churchill, 1650–1744
- 2002 – Napoleon: His Wives and Women
- 2004 – Disraeli: A Personal History
- 2008 – The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431–1519 (Borgia: Berättelsen om en ondskefull familj, översättning: Ulf Gyllenhak, 2013)
Referenser
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redigera- ^ ”Christopher Hibbert, 84, British Popular Historian”. NYTimes.com. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/books/06hibbert.html. Läst 6 april 2018.
- ^ ”Christopher Hibbert”. US.Macmillan.com. http://us.macmillan.com/author/christopherhibbert. Läst 6 april 2018.