Christopher Hibbert was born in Leicestershire in 1924 and educated
at Radley and Oriel College, Oxford. He served as an infantry
officer during the war, was twice wounded and was awarded the
Military Cross in 1945. Described by Professor J. H. Plumb as 'a
writer of the highest ability' and in the New Statesman as 'a pearl
of biographers', he is, in the words of The Times Educational
Supplement, 'perhaps the most gifted popular historian we
have'.
Christopher Hibbert is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
He is married with two sons and a daughter and lives in
Henley-on-Thames.
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