Hugh Thomas





Hugh Thomas

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October 21, 1931 in Windsor, The United Kingdom

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Hugh Swynnerton Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, is a British historian and Hispanist.

Thomas was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset before taking a BA in 1953 at Queens' College, Cambridge. He also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. His 1961 book The Spanish Civil War won the Somerset Maugham Award for 1962. A significantly revised and enlarged third edition was published in 1977. Cuba, or the Pursuit of Freedom (1971) is a book of over 1,500 pages tracing the history of Cuba from Spanish colonial rule until the Cuban Revolution. Thomas spent 10 years researching the contents of his book.

Thomas is married to the former Vanessa Jebb, daughter of the first Acting United Nations Secretary-General Gladwyn Jebb.

From 1966 to 1975 Thomas was...more


Average rating: 4.01 · 508 ratings · 93 reviews · 43 distinct works
Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes...
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1993 — 11 editions
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The Spanish Civil War
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1961 — 12 editions
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The Slave Trade: The Story ...
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Rivers of Gold: The Rise of...
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions
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Cuba: The Pursuit of Freedom
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings7 editions
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An Unfinished History of th...
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions
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The Golden Empire: Spain, C...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions
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Yo, Moctezuma, Emperador de...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions
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Beaumarchais in Seville: An...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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Spain
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1962
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