Christopher Hibbert

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March 05, 1924 in Enderby, Leicestershire, The United Kingdom

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December 21, 2008

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Christopher Hibbert, MC, FRSL, FRGS (5 March 1924 - 21 December 2008) was an English writer, historian and biographer. He has been called "a pearl of biographers" (New Statesman), was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of many books, including Disraeli, Edward VII, George IV, The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, and Cavaliers and Roundheads.

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Average rating: 3.76 · 2,758 ratings · 366 reviews · 85 distinct works

	The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall 3.70 avg rating — 696 ratings — published 1974 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I, Genius Of The Golden Age 3.95 avg rating — 286 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Days of the French Revolution 3.72 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1980 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Queen Victoria: A Personal History 3.86 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 1968 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431-1519 3.59 avg rating — 269 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes 3.76 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Story Of England 3.48 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Rome: The Biography of a City 3.91 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions	My rating:
	George Iii: A Personal History 3.70 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1901 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Great Mutiny: India 1857 4.00 avg rating — 54 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:

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Murder of a Medici Princess by Caroline P. Murphy

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I, Claudius From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered & Deified A.D. 54 by Robert Graves

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Niccolo Rising The First Book of The House of Niccolo by Dorothy Dunnett

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Antony and Cleopatra A Novel by Colleen McCullough

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The Borgias and Their Enemies 1431-1519 by Christopher Hibbert

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