Troublemaker by Kathleen Burk
A biography of British historian A.J.P. Taylor. It tells the story of his life, and sets Taylor's professional work in the context of the development of England during the 20th century, tracing the relationship between his writing and his response to contemporary politics.
KATHLEEN BURK was born and raised in California and, as the daughter of a grape farmer, has wine in her bones. While at the University of California at Berkeley, she traveled around Napa Valley tasting wine, riding pillion on a 750cc motorcycle. At Oxford she discovered European wines, to which she is devoted. She has a Diploma in Wine and Spirits, writes for the World of Fine Wine, and is a judge for the International Wine and Spirits Competition. She is the Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at University College London and the author of Old World, New World: Great Britain and America from the Beginning.
MICHAEL BYWATER is an author, broadcaster, and culture critic. He writes for the Independent, the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Times, and a host of other periodicals. He is also a regular broadcaster for the BBC, development executive at Studio Lambert TV in London, and intermittently teaches tragedy at the University of Cambridge.
He is author of Lost Worlds: What Have We Lost, and Where Did It Go? and Big Babies: Or: Why Can't We Just Grow Up? He is currently writing a book on male friendship,
A Fine Bromance.
MICHAEL BYWATER is an author, broadcaster, and culture critic. He writes for the Independent, the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Times, and a host of other periodicals. He is also a regular broadcaster for the BBC, development executive at Studio Lambert TV in London, and intermittently teaches tragedy at the University of Cambridge.
He is author of Lost Worlds: What Have We Lost, and Where Did It Go? and Big Babies: Or: Why Can't We Just Grow Up? He is currently writing a book on male friendship,
A Fine Bromance.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300087611 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300087616 |
| Title | Troublemaker |
| Author | Kathleen Burk |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2001-01-11 |
| Number of pages | 498 |
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