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Geoffrey Moorhouse

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born

November 29, 1931 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, The United Kingdom

died

November 26, 2009

gender

male

genre

Travel, History, Nonfiction

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Geoffrey Moorhouse, FRGS, FRSL, D.Litt, was an English journalist and author. He was born Geoffrey Heald in Bolton and took his stepfather's surname. He attended Bury Grammar School. He began writing as a journalist on the Bolton Evening News. At the age of 27, he joined the Manchester Guardian where he eventually became chief feature writer and combined writing book with journalism.

Many of his books were largely based on his travels. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society in 1972, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1982, and received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Warwick. His book To The Frontier won the Thomas Cook Award for the best travel book of its year in 1984. He had recently concentra...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 166 ratings · 35 reviews · 28 distinct works

	Sun Dancing: Life in a medieval Irish monastery and how Celtic spirituality influenced the world 3.91 avg rating — 70 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	To The Frontier 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Last Divine Office: Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries 3.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Fearful Void 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Pilgrimage of Grace 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	India Britannica 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Sydney: The Story of a City 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Calcutta 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Great Harry's Navy: How Henry VIII Gave England Seapower 2.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Imperial City: New York 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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