A.N. Wilson





A.N. Wilson

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October 27, 1950

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Andrew Norman Wilson is an English writer known for his critical biographies, novels and works of popular and cultural history. He is also a columnist for the London Evening Standard and was an occasional contributor to the Daily Mail,Times Literary Supplement, New Statesman, The Spectator and The Observer.

A. N. Wilson was educated at Rugby School and New College, Oxford. Destined originally for ordination in the Church of England, Wilson entered St Stephen's House, the High Church theological hall at Oxford, but left at the end of his first year.
His particular slant on biography, and to some extent his take on the Victorian era topics he has covered in God's Funeral and The Victorians, can be traced to his early failure to take Holy Order...more


Average rating: 3.74 · 3,153 ratings · 474 reviews · 70 distinct works
The Victorians
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions
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C.S. Lewis: A Biography
3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions
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Paul: The Mind of the Apostle
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
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Jesus: A Life
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1992 — 10 editions
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Tolstoy: A Biography
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions
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London: A History
3.05 of 5 stars 3.05 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1995 — 10 editions
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God's Funeral: The Decline ...
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
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After the Victorians: The D...
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
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Winnie and Wolf
3.13 of 5 stars 3.13 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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A Jealous Ghost
3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
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