A.J.P. Taylor

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March 26, 1906 in Birkdale, The United Kingdom

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September 07, 1990

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History

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Alan John Percivale Taylor was a British historian of the 20th century and renowned academic who became well known to millions through his popular television lectures.

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Average rating: 3.69 · 689 ratings · 80 reviews · 41 distinct works

	The Origins of the Second World War 3.87 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1961 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Bismarck: The Man and Statesman 3.73 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1955 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The First World War: An Illustrated History 3.81 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1963 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Habsburg Monarchy 1809-1918 3.60 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1941 — 3 editions	My rating:
	English History 1914-45 3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1965 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The War Lords 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions	My rating:
	From Napoleon to the Second International by A.J.P. Taylor, Chris Wrigley (Editor, Introduction) 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848-1918 4.28 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1954 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Second World War: An Illustrated History 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Course of German History (Routledge Classics) 3.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:

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“There is nothing nicer than nodding off while reading. Going fast asleep and then being woken by the crash of the book on the floor, then saying to yourself, well it doesn't matter much. An admirable feeling.”
― A.J.P. Taylor

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“[Otto von Bismarck] only considered the interests of his own country - always the worst offense that a statesman can commit in the eyes of foreigners.”
― A.J.P. Taylor, Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman

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