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James Cleugh (1891–1969)

Author of The Medici: A Tale of Fifteen Generations

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Works by James Cleugh

The Medici: A Tale of Fifteen Generations (1975) 97 copies, 1 review
La guerra de España 1936 (1977) 4 copies
The Amorous Master Pepys. (1958) 3 copies

Associated Works

Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists (1956) — Translator, some editions — 430 copies, 10 reviews
The Modern Theme (Classic Reprint) (1976) — Translator, some editions — 126 copies, 6 reviews
Van Gogh A Study of His Life and Work (1975) — Translator, some editions — 99 copies
The Prado Museum, Madrid (1959) — Translator, some editions — 71 copies
Maailman vanhin ammatti (1969) — Translator, some editions — 64 copies, 1 review
Under the Red Sea (1953) — Translator, some editions — 22 copies
Van Gogh (1959) — Translator, some editions — 21 copies

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Canonical name
Cleugh, James
Birthdate
1891
Date of death
1969
Gender
male
Nationality
UK (birth)
Birthplace
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Place of death
Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK
Places of residence
London, England, UK
Steyning, Sussex, England, UK
Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK
Education
University of St. Andrews, Scotland (MA Hons. ∙ Classics)
Dulwich College
Occupations
translator
linguist
publisher
poet
historian
Relationships
Symonds, John Addington (friend)
Organizations
Aquila Press (founder)
British Broadcasting Corporation
Short biography
James Cleugh was a well-known historian and biographer. He recieved his M.A. from Saint Andrew's University in Scotland and worked for a time in the British Civil Service. He acted as interpreter and translator for the American Chief Council for War Crimes at Nuremberg. He personally wrote or translated over 50 books.

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The book is a survey of love, licentiousness, and love's restrictions in the Middle Ages fueled by repressive Church dogma, superstition and senseless violence. It makes no claims to be a definitive work, or a scholarly study. It succeeds, however, in showing how institutional fear can translate into extreme sexual perversion when physical love is locked out.
 
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Cultural_Attache | Jul 21, 2018 |
A nice read, but with certain inaccuracies in detail (i.e. Henri II was killed by a jousting shard in the eye and not the temple), but the book should not be scorned because it does not conform to our age's new historicism.
½
 
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JayLivernois | Sep 4, 2017 |

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