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Book SynopsisThe first biography of one of the twentieth century's most respected and accomplished historians.
Trade ReviewSuperbly researched -- Noel Malcolm * Sunday Telegraph *
The great accomplishment of Richard J Evans's brilliantly crafted
Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History is how he takes us into the private, inner world of the master historian -- Gavin Jacobson * New Statesman *
A Life in History tells the inside story of [Hobsbawm's] now classic works -- Neal Ascherson * Observer *
A superbly researched biography * Sunday Telegraph *
Affectionate and fascinating . . . A full and generous biography of a man who was constantly aware that he lived in interesting, if fractured, times -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *
Fascinating . . . This is an excellent book. Like Hobsbawm's own works, it should be read by anyone with a serious interest in history - though those of us with a frivolous interest in the rackety life of Bohemian London will also enjoy it -- Richard Vinen * Evening Standard *
Richly detailed . . . This is an immensely impressive biography . . . Evans, a distinguished historian of modern Germany, provides clear and well informed accounts of the various historiographical and other controversies that
Hobsbawm was involved in
-- Stefan Collini * Guardian *
Revelatory * London Review of Books *
Deeply researched and humane -- Christopher Hale * History Today *
