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Informationen zum Autor Paul Johnson works as a historian! journalist and author. He was educated at Stonyhurst School in Clitheroe! Lancashire and Magdalen College! Oxford! and first came to prominence in the 1950s as a journalist writing for! and later editing! the New Statesman magazine. He has also written for leading newspapers and magazines in Britain! the US and Europe. Paul Johnson has published over 40 books including A History of Christianity (1979)! A History of the English People (1987)! Intellectuals (1988)! The Birth of the Modern: World Society! 1815-1830 (1991)! Modern Times: A History of the World from the 1920s to the Year 2000 (1999)! A History of the American People (2000)! A History of the Jews (2001) and Art: A New History (2003) as well as biographies of Elizabeth I (1974)! Napoleon (2002)! George Washington (2005) and Pope John Paul II (1982). Klappentext A stunning series of aerial portraits of more than 150 castles in England! Scotland and Wales. Zusammenfassung The castles of Britain are icons of history. They were built to mark the domains of the powerful and stood as symbols of authority. No view of great castles is as imposing and revealing as the view from above - showing off their beauty. This work shows the splendour and lasting resonance of the nation's best-loved castles.
