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Eric Russell Chamberlin (1926-2006)

Historian and author. Chamberlin was the author of numerous popular history books ranging from ancient Rome to twentieth-century Britain. Although he was born in Jamaica, he returned to England with his father during the Great Depression. Chamberlin dropped out of school when he was fourteen and became an apprentice leather dresser.

When he was old enough, he eagerly left this work behind to enlist in the Royal Navy in 1944. He served in the military until 1947 and then found work at the Norwich Public Library. It was here that his real education began, and Chamberlin took advantage of his vocation by reading history texts avidly. He later also worked at the Holborn Public Library and then for the book divi ...more

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	The Bad Popes 3.73 avg rating — 1,161 ratings — published 1969 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emperor Charlemagne 3.99 avg rating — 615 ratings — published 1986 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fall of the House of Borgia 4.03 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sack of Rome 4.09 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1979 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Florence in the Time of the Medici 3.73 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life in Wartime Britain 4.12 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1972 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everyday Life in Renaissance Times 3.91 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1973 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Count Of Virtue: Giangaleazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan 3.67 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1965 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marguerite of Valois: Queen of Navarre and France, 1553-1615 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loot!: Heritage of Plunder 3.53 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1983 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In Rome itself, the once humble bishop of Rome would not only occupy the place of the emperor but take some of his titles, the potent Pontifex Maximus among them.”
― E.R. Chamberlin, The Emperor Charlemagne

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“the rivalry between Austrasia, which tended to regard itself as the archetypal Frankish homeland, and Neustria, the more Romanized portion of the ‘kingdom’.”
― E.R. Chamberlin, The Emperor Charlemagne

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“or she may have acted from pure caprice, for Joanna was ever as much woman as queen.”
― E.R. Chamberlin, The Bad Popes

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