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A fascinating portrait of a remarkable scholar. Works as both a judicious assessment of a major historian and a riveting tale of a don's life -- Jonathan Healey, author of <i>The Blazing World</i> Braddick gives us for the first time the whole man, vividly recovering the personal and political concerns that informed Christopher Hill's historical writings -- David Norbrook, author of <i>Writing the English Republic</i> A splendid biography. Even those who know Hill's work will learn a great deal. Braddick reveals Hill as a profound historical thinker and a vital voice in contemporary discussions of the English Revolution -- John Rees, author of <i>The Fiery Spirits</i> Braddick has written a fine life of Christopher Hill - lucid, fair and scholarly. -- Tristram Hunt * Literary Review * It is good to have this biography of one of the 20th century's greatest and most significant Marxist historians. -- Richard J Evans * New Statesman * A very good place to revive the discussion of Hill's vision of the English Revolution, warts and all. -- John Rees * Counterfire *

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Michael Braddick is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, having previously worked at the University of Sheffield. He has held academic positions and visiting Fellowships in the United States, Australia, France, and Germany. He has written extensively on state formation, the English Revolution and political engagement and agency in early modern England, Ireland and the British Atlantic. His books include The Common Freedom of the People: John Lilburne and the English Revolution, God's Fury, England's Fire: A New History of the English Civil Wars, and A Useful History of Britain: The Politics of Getting Things Done.

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