Bøger af A.J.P. Taylor

One of the most famous and controversial works by possibly the highest profile historians of the twentieth century.

This second volume concentrates on the twentieth-century and, among other virtuoso displays, includes his controversial reappraisal of the beginnings of the First World War, 'War by Timetable' in which his relish of the paradox is seen at its most stimulating. 'Once you start reading, it is hard to stop ...

Of his own titles this was A.J.P. Taylor's favourite. The title alone provides a strong clue. Derived from the Ford Lectures of 1956, A.J.P. Taylor in six vivid chapters examines Dissent over British Foreign Policy between 1792 and 1939. In his own words 'it is much the most exciting and interesting book I have written'.

Faber are reissuing three volumes of essays expertly assembled and introduced by Chris Wrigley. This third volume is the most wide-ranging, including essays on British Prime Ministers from Sir Robert Walpole to Anthony Eden;

Taylor could never be dull, least of all in the essay. Faber are reissuing three volumes of essays expertly assembled and introduced by Chris Wrigley. Taylor's shorter writings on the nineteenth-century.'Compulsively quotable and often very funny .

The second edition of this distinguished collection, written by leading experts in the field, brings the debate about the origins of the second world war right up-to-date.