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Vincent Cronin

  • Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin
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Cronin, Vincent
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Date of birth
1924-05-24
Place of birth
Tredegar
Date of death
2011-01-25
Place of death
Marbella

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Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin (Cronogue) FRSL (24 May 1924 – 25 January 2011) was a British historical, cultural, and biographical writer, best known for his biographies of Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great and Napoleon, as well as for his books on the Renaissance.

Cronin was born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, to Scottish physician and novelist A. J. Cronin, and May Gibson, but moved to London at the age of two. He was educated at Ampleforth College, Harvard University, the Sorbonne, and Trinity College, Oxford, from which he graduated with honours in 1947, earning a degree in Literae Humaniores. During the Second World War, he served as a lieutenant in the British Army.

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Katharina die Große: BiographiePaperback978-3-492-24831-02020-09
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