Edward Augustus Freeman (1823–1892)
Author of William the Conqueror
About the Author
Image credit: Edward Augustus Freeman [credit: Elliott & Fry, Ltd.]
Works by Edward Augustus Freeman
General sketch of history 4 copies
Lectures to American audiences 4 copies
Greater Greece and Greater britain and George Washington the Expander of England Two Lectures with an Appendix (1886) 3 copies
General Sketch of European History 3 copies
The History Of The Norman Conquest Of England: The Effects Of The Norman Conquest. 1876 (2015) 3 copies
The history of the Norman Conquest of England : its causes and its results. Vol 6, Index (2009) 2 copies
Studies of travel: Greece 2 copies
General Sketch of History Freeman's Historical Course for Schools - Edition Adapted for American Students) (1874) 1 copy
The Ottoman Power in Europe, Its Nature, Its Growth, and Its Decline [Microform] /by Edward A. Freeman (2012) 1 copy
Four Oxford lectures, 1887 1 copy
A history of architecture 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1823-08-02
- Date of death
- 1892-03-16
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Oxford (Trinity College)
- Occupations
- historian
politician
architectural artist - Organizations
- Oxford University (Regius Professor of Modern History)
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Harborne, West Midlands, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Harborne, West Midlands, England, UK
Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
Wells, Somerset, England, UK - Place of death
- Alicante, Spain
- Burial location
- Alicante, Spain
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Must confess to skipping numerous paragraphs of this biography. With it being relatively short I’d hoped for a concise and engaging account of one of my country’s most famous kings, but instead I found it dull and rambling.
Like many nineteenth-century biographers, the author always opts for the passive voice, never the active: “The Welsh expedition of William” as opposed to “William’s Welsh expedition” and “The mind of William” instead of “William’s mind”.
This show more doesn’t make for smooth reading. In fact, “The country of Matilda”, as opposed to “Matilda’s country”, carries the ambiguity that in the 1000s there was a country called Matilda.
I’m sure there are more modern biographies available on William the Conqueror, so only read this one if you want a freebie. show less
Like many nineteenth-century biographers, the author always opts for the passive voice, never the active: “The Welsh expedition of William” as opposed to “William’s Welsh expedition” and “The mind of William” instead of “William’s mind”.
This show more doesn’t make for smooth reading. In fact, “The country of Matilda”, as opposed to “Matilda’s country”, carries the ambiguity that in the 1000s there was a country called Matilda.
I’m sure there are more modern biographies available on William the Conqueror, so only read this one if you want a freebie. show less
Ex-lib. Brattleboro Free Library
From earliest times to the conquest, with notes and maps
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- Rating
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