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OverviewPopular, prolific, and impassioned, British historian A. J. P. Taylor (1906-1990) was also outspoken, controversial, and quarrelsome. Taylor’s many books, including The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, The Origins of the Second World War, and English History 1914-1945, changed the way history was written and read. His legendary television lectures, delivered live and unscripted, brought history to a huge popular audience. In this masterful biography, Kathleen Burk provides a perceptive account of the life and achievements of Britain’s most famous twentieth-century historian. Burk draws on her personal acquaintance with Taylor in his later years and on an array of previously untapped archival materials to analyze the successes, failures, and controversies of Taylor’s life as historian, Oxford don, broadcast journalist, husband, and friend. The author sets Taylor’s professional work in the context of the development of history in England during the century, and she traces the relations between his writings and his reactions to domestic and foreign politics. Her account of Taylor’s years at Oxford explores the customs and rituals of the academic community, his colleagues, and the successive crises that beset him personally and professionally. The book also assesses Taylor’s political activities and his self-described role as an “impotent socialist,” his development as a journalist and broadcaster, previously unknown financial aspects of his freelance activities, and his private upheavals, in particular his failed marriages. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kathleen BurkPublisher: Yale University Press Imprint: Yale University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.721kg ISBN: 9780300094534ISBN 10: 0300094531 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 08 February 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book is a remarkable portrait of a remarkable man... No future historian can hope to explain Taylor's impact on his times better than Kathleen Burk has done. Raymond Carr, Literary Review Taylor's contribution to the intellectual history of this century makes this account fascinating and valuable. Kirkus Reviews This worthy book, with its balanced emphases on the professional and the personal, will please historians of every stripe. Publishers Weekly This is a big book (in both senses of the term) and deserves a wide readership. Chris Wrigley, History Today Burk... has managed to produce a biography that is fair and well judged. She comprehends both Taylor's resentments and the attitudes of his enemies... Above all, she conveys Taylor's distinction as a historian. Martin Walker, Wilson Quarterly """This book is a remarkable portrait of a remarkable man... No future historian can hope to explain Taylor's impact on his times better than Kathleen Burk has done."" Raymond Carr, Literary Review ""Taylor's contribution to the intellectual history of this century makes this account fascinating and valuable."" Kirkus Reviews ""This worthy book, with its balanced emphases on the professional and the personal, will please historians of every stripe."" Publishers Weekly ""This is a big book (in both senses of the term) and deserves a wide readership."" Chris Wrigley, History Today ""Burk... has managed to produce a biography that is fair and well judged. She comprehends both Taylor's resentments and the attitudes of his enemies... Above all, she conveys Taylor's distinction as a historian."" Martin Walker, Wilson Quarterly" Author InformationKathleen Burk is professor of modern and contemporary history at University College London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |