One Hundred Letters from Hugh Trevor-Roper

by Richard Davenport-Hines and Adam Sisman

Book Overview

The one hundred letters brought together for this book illustrate the range of Hugh Trevor-Roper's life and preoccupations: as an historian, a controversialist, a public intellectual, an adept in academic intrigues, a lover of literature, a traveller, a countryman. They depict a life of rich diversity; a mind of intellectual sparkle and eager curiosity; a character that relished the comedie humaine, and the absurdities, crotchets, and vanities of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198703139
• ISBN13: 9780198703136
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.3" x 8.4"