A. J. P. Taylor: Radical Historian of Europe

by Chris Wrigley

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 A.J.P. Taylor was all these things. 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. C.J. Wrigley's new biographical study includes fascinating and hitherto unknown 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 a teacher, broadcaster journalist and historian.

Genres: Biography

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Chris Wrigley is Emeritus Professor of History at Nottingham University, UK. Previously, he taught at Queen's University, Belfast, and Loughborough University. He was on the Economic History Society Council from 1983 for nearly 30 years, and President of the Historical Association from 1996 until 1999.