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Robert Blake


Born
in Brundall, Norwich, England
December 23, 1916

Died
September 20, 2003

Genre
History, Biographies & Memoirs


Robert Norman William Blake, Baron Blake was an English historian. He is best known for his 1966 biography of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, and for The Conservative Party from Peel to Churchill, which grew out of his 1968 Ford lectures. He was created a life peer as Baron Blake, of Braydeston in the County of Norfolk.

Lord Blake was editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, a Trustee of the British Museum, and Chairman of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 600 ratings · 66 reviews · 169 distinct works • Similar authors
Disraeli (Lost Treasures Se...
4.19 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 1966 — 8 editions
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The Conservative Party from...
3.83 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1970 — 18 editions
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Winston Churchill
3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions
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A History of Rhodesia
4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1977 — 7 editions
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Le Voyage
3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Kaya
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Jardine Matheson, Traders o...
3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions
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The English world: History,...
3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1982 — 4 editions
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El templario de las Highlan...
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The Unknown Prime Minister
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