The Making of an Historian: The Collected Essays of J.H. Plumb, Volume 1

by J.H. Plumb

Excellent Book

408 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1989

About the author

Sir John (Jack) Harold Plumb FBA (20 August 1911 – 21 October 2001) was a British historian, known for his books on British 18th-century history.

During the Second World War, Plumb worked in the codebreaking department of the Foreign Office at Bletchley Park, Hut 8 and Hut 4, later Block B. He headed a section working on a German Navy hand cipher, Reservehandverfahren.