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A Man of Contradictions: A Life of A L Rowse

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About this item

As historian and polemicist, Rowse was deeply involved in many of the key debates of the mid-century. He combined Marxist historiography and keen English patriotism, support for modernism with deep attachment to the traditions of the college he loved, All Souls. Above all, he was both an industrious and influential academic historian and an energetic participant in political, cultural and literary life. This engagement reached its zenith in Rowse's principled and vindicated opposition to appeasement.;This authorized biography draws a full picture of one of the dominant figures of Oxford, Cornwall and England. In doing so, Richard ollard illuminates many of the bewildering changes of the 20th century.

Author(s):
ollard, Richard
Condition:
Fine
Format:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
0713993537
ISBN-13:
9780713993530
Number of pages:
368
Publisher:
Allen Lane

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