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Breve Historia del Rey Arturo

Breve Historia del Rey Arturo( )
Author: Hibbert, Christopher
Series title:Breve Historia
ISBN:978-84-9763-142-6
Publication Date:Oct 2005
Publisher:Ediciones Nowtilus, S.L.
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $18.50
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La Breve Historia del Rey Arturo nos transmite toda la fascinación de la leyenda Artúrica y al tiempo nos desvela lo que pudo ser la realidad histórica. El historiador Nennius, en su Historia de los bretones redactada en el año 826, habla de Arturo como un jefe guerrero independiente al que se unen los reyes Celtas de Bretaña para evitar ser aniquilados por los invasores barbaros. A partir del 456 se libran numerosas batallas, hasta la gran victoria de Badon Hill en el año 518. En la...
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Book Details
Pages:128
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.2 x 7.52 x 0.57 Inches
Book Weight:0.47 Pounds
Author Biography
Hibbert, Christopher (Author)
Christopher Hibbert: March 5, 1924 -- December 21, 2008

Historian Christopher Hibbert was born as Arthur Raymond Hibbert in Enderby, England in 1924. He dropped out of Oriel College to join the Army. He served with the London Irish Rifles and won the Military Cross. He earned a degree in history in 1948. Before becoming a full-time nonfiction writer, he worked as a real estate agent and a television critic for Truth magazine.

He wrote more than 60 books throughout his lifetime including The Road to Tyburn (1957), Il Duce: The Life of Benito Mussolini(1962), George IV: Prince of Wales, 1762-1811 (1972), and George IV: Regent and King, 1812-1830 (1973). Hibbert was awarded the Heinemann Award for Literature in 1962 for The Destruction of Lord Raglan. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Geographical Society, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Literature by the University of Leicester. He died from bronchial pneumonia on December 21, 2008 at the age of 84.

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