Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History by Sir Richard J Evans
The first biography of one of the twentieth century's most respected and accomplished historians.
Superbly researched -- Noel Malcolm * Sunday Telegraph *
The great accomplishment of Richard J Evans's brilliantly crafted Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History is how he takes us into the private, inner world of the master historian -- Gavin Jacobson * New Statesman *
A Life in History tells the inside story of [Hobsbawm's] now classic works -- Neal Ascherson * Observer *
A superbly researched biography * Sunday Telegraph *
Affectionate and fascinating. . A full and generous biography of a man who was constantly aware that he lived in interesting, if fractured, times -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *
Fascinating . . . This is an excellent book. Like Hobsbawm's own works, it should be read by anyone with a serious interest in history - though those of us with a frivolous interest in the rackety life of Bohemian London will also enjoy it -- Richard Vinen * Evening Standard *
Revelatory * London Review of Books *
Deeply researched and humane -- Christopher Hale * History Today *
The great accomplishment of Richard J Evans's brilliantly crafted Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History is how he takes us into the private, inner world of the master historian -- Gavin Jacobson * New Statesman *
A Life in History tells the inside story of [Hobsbawm's] now classic works -- Neal Ascherson * Observer *
A superbly researched biography * Sunday Telegraph *
Affectionate and fascinating. . A full and generous biography of a man who was constantly aware that he lived in interesting, if fractured, times -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *
Fascinating . . . This is an excellent book. Like Hobsbawm's own works, it should be read by anyone with a serious interest in history - though those of us with a frivolous interest in the rackety life of Bohemian London will also enjoy it -- Richard Vinen * Evening Standard *
Richly detailed . . . This is an immensely impressive biography . . . Evans, a distinguished historian of modern Germany, provides clear and well informed accounts of the various historiographical and other controversies that
Hobsbawm was involved in
Revelatory * London Review of Books *
Deeply researched and humane -- Christopher Hale * History Today *
Richard J. Evans is Regius Professor Emeritus of History at Cambridge University. His previous books include Altered Pasts, The Third Reich in History and Memory, In Defence of History, Telling Lies about Hitler, The Coming of the Third Reich, The Third Reich at War and The Third Reich in Power.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408707418 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408707411 |
| Title | Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History |
| Author | Sir Richard J Evans Fba Frsl Frhists |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2019-02-07 |
| Number of pages | 800 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historial Biography 2020 (UK) |
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