St John's College Cambridge: A History
Summary
The feel-good place to buy books
St John's College Cambridge: A History by Peter A Linehan
The first book to describe fully the foundations and development of St John's College Cambridge, highlighting the role its alumni have always played in the life of the nation.
A sumptuous production[...] The erudition is cumulatively overwhelming, the entertainment liberally distributed. * HISTORY *
[A] sumptuously produced book-remarkably good value for its length. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *
A fine example of the vogue for large-scale histories of Oxford and Cambridge colleges. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *
There can be no doubt that Johnians...will find the college's new history diverting reading. [...] Handsomely produced by Boydell, based on exhaustive archival research, elegantly written and replete with the kind of biographical anecdote that gives spice to any institutional history. * TLS *
[A] sumptuously produced book-remarkably good value for its length. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *
A fine example of the vogue for large-scale histories of Oxford and Cambridge colleges. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *
There can be no doubt that Johnians...will find the college's new history diverting reading. [...] Handsomely produced by Boydell, based on exhaustive archival research, elegantly written and replete with the kind of biographical anecdote that gives spice to any institutional history. * TLS *
Peter Linehan, Fellow, St John's College Cambridge; British Academy Peter Linehan has been a fellow of St John's College Cambridge since 1966, and was senior proctor at the University of Cambridge in 1976 and 1977. He has been a corresponding member of the Real Academia de la Historia in Madrid since 1996 and a Fellow of the British Academy since 2002. He edited the
Journal of Ecclesiastical History from 1979 to 1991. Linehan is married, with three children.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781843836087 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843836084 |
| Title | St John's College Cambridge: A History |
| Author | Peter A Linehan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 794 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |