A.J.P.Taylor

A scholar gentleman in the old style; a northern non-conforming radical; an academic steeped in Oxford traditions; a late 20th-century media personality; one of the most outstanding historians of his age: A.J.P. Taylor was all of these. He wrote about traditional historical subjects in a traditional manner and took narrative history to new heights and was equally at home with a critical academic, as with a vast popular audience. This biographical study of A.J.P. Taylor includes details of Taylor's privileged and cosseted childhood, the effect of his close but combative and stimulating family, the dissenting and nonconformist tradition, and his time as teacher, broadcaster journalist and historian. It attempts to evaluate how far he fulfilled his aim and conviction as to the importance of history and its place at the heart of national consciousness.

ISBN 1860642861   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9781860642869 (What's this?)   Pages 256 Publisher I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint I.B.Tauris   Weight (grammes) 454 Format Hardback   Published in London Publication date 25 Aug 2006   Height (mm) 236 Library of Congress G   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 907.202   Academic level General, Undergraduate, Postgraduate

A.J.P. Taylor is an historian to be ranked along with Gibbon and Macaulay, and Chris Wrigley's biography makes clear the reasons for his stature...based on a complete mastery of sources, this is a biography that will be read throughout the world and used as a work of reference as well as interpretation. - Wm. Roger Louis, Kerr Professor at the University of Texas at Austin This biography will undoubtedly rank as the definitive study of one of England's greatest historians. Chris Wrigley, like A.J.P. Taylor himself, is a master of the art of narrative. His work provides his subject with the authoritative biography he so richly deserves. - Douglas Farnie, Visiting Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University 'With meticulous research, interviews and access to private papers, Wrigley has reassembled the life of the 20th century's most industrious history man...Wrigley is excellent at tracing the ideological evolution of Taylor from his late Victorian liberal inheritance to doctrinaire Marxist to Labour party party supporter and CND activist.' Tristram Hunt, Guardian TLS '..excellent...Wrigley's obvious affection for his subject makes his account of Taylor's sadness, and the sadness that he inflicted on other people, curiously moving." CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL 'Chris Wrigley, Professor of Modern British History at Nottingham University, has served him well.'HISTORY TODAYChris Wrigley adopts a compendious, chronological approach. He puts due emphasis on the writings, great and small, but without skimping on the formative influences- Norman DaviesLRBComprehensive, meticulous and impartial to a fault. - Susan PedersenSUPREME COURT HISTORY PROGRAM YEARBOOKWrigley's compelling account insightfully canvasses the personal history of Britain's most influential historian. The book is very thoroughly researched, delving into archival material and effectively chronicles the personal and professional development of AJP Taylor.Reference to such a rich array of further sources, in particular, supersedes the previous biographical works on Taylor. It is warmly recommended. Justin Carter

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