Richard J. Evans is Regius Professor Emeritus of History at Cambridge University. His previous books include Altered Pasts, The Third Reich in History and Memory, In Defence of History, Telling Lies about Hitler, The Coming of the Third Reich, The Third Reich at War and The Third Reich in Power.
Superbly researched
*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
*New Statesman*
A Life in History tells the inside story of [Hobsbawm's] now
classic works
*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
*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
*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
*Guardian*
Revelatory
*London Review of Books*
Deeply researched and humane
*History Today*
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