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PublisherOrion Publishing Group, The Limited

ISBN-100753828618

ISBN-139780753828618

eBay Product ID (ePID)109286002

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Book TitleHugh Trevor-Roper : the Biography

Number of Pages598 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCultural Heritage, Literary, Historical

Publication Year2011

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography

AuthorAdam Sisman

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.8 in

Item Weight25.2 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsAdam Sisman's biography provides a wide-ranging, acute and convincing account of an extremely interesting man. It allows us to get some sense of how his limitations sat side by side with his superb gifts and how the deployment of both were part of a single process., 'Sisman delves deep into the life and mind of his subject in this remarkably well-written biography', the thoroughness, fairness and frankness of this biography are exemplary.. consistently engrossing, A reminder of what a realy luminous portrait looks like. Elegant, witty and incisive, it is a study in paradoxes...Sisman casts light into the darkest crannies of a fascniating personality., 'A comprehensive and entertaining biography, highlighting the successes and failures of a complex man', detailed, judicious and entertaining, a great treat for those of us who enjoy bitchy don anecdotes, 'Sisman's imperious account ... is lovingly researched yet impressively objective, leaving the reader in no doubt as to Trevor-Roper's academic abilities as well as to his failings as a man.', ""How lucky for Trevor-Roper, and for us, that the ideal biographer was here. It is impossible to praise Sisman's book too highly", 'An entertaining and scholarly account of the life of the great historian and the milieu of interwar Oxford.'

Dewey Decimal907.202

SynopsisHugh Trevor-Roper's life is a rich subject for a biography--with elements of Greek tragedy, comedy, and moments of high farce. Clever, witty, and sophisticated, Trevor-Roper was the most brilliant historian of his generation. Until his downfall, he seemed to have everything: wealth and connections, a chair at Oxford, a beautiful country house, an aristocratic wife, and, eventually, a title of his own. Eloquent and versatile, fearless and formidable, he moved easily between Oxford and London, between the dreaming spires of scholarship and the jostling corridors of power. He developed a lucid prose style which he used to deadly effect. He was notorious for his acerbic attacks on other historians, but ultimately tainted his own reputation with a catastrophic error when he authenticated the forged "Hitler Diaries." Adam Sisman sheds new light on this fascinating and dramatic episode, but also shows that there was much more to Hugh Trevor-Roper's career than the fiasco of the Hitler Diaries hoax that became his epitaph. From wartime code-breaking to grilling Nazis while the trail was still fresh in 1945 (and finding Hitler's will buried inside a bottle), to his wide-ranging interests, his snobbery and his malice, his formidable post-war feuds, and his secret and passionate affair with an older, married woman. A study in both success and failure, Adam Sisman's biography is a revealing and personal story of a remarkable life., Hugh TrevorRoper's life is a rich subject for a biographywith elements of Greek tragedy, comedy, and moments of high farce. Clever, witty, and sophisticated, TrevorRoper was the most brilliant historian of his generation. Until his downfall, he seemed to have everything: wealth and connections, a chair at Oxford, a beautiful country house, an aristocratic wife, and, eventually, a title of his own. Eloquent and versatile, fearless and formidable, he moved easily between Oxford and London, between the dreaming spires of scholarship and the jostling corridors of power. He developed a lucid prose style which he used to deadly effect. He was notorious for his acerbic attacks on other historians, but ultimately tainted his own reputation with a catastrophic error when he authenticated the forged "Hitler Diaries." Adam Sisman sheds new light on this fascinating and dramatic episode, but also shows that there was much more to Hugh TrevorRoper's career than the fiasco of the Hitler Diaries hoax that became his epitaph. From wartime codebreaking to grilling Nazis while the trail was still fresh in 1945 (and finding Hitler's will buried inside a bottle), to his wideranging interests, his snobbery and his malice, his formidable postwar feuds, and his secret and passionate affair with an older, married woman. A study in both success and failure, Adam Sisman's biography is a revealing and personal story of a remarkable life."

LC Classification NumberD15