Edwin S. Grosvenor
Author of Alexander Graham Bell
About the Author
Image credit: Edwin S. Grosvenor is the editor of American Heritage, co-author of Alexander Graham Bell, and the editor of American Heritage anthologies on the American Revolution, the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, the 1890s, and other topics.
Works by Edwin S. Grosvenor
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Edwin S. Grosvenor
- Legal name
- Edwin Stuart Grosvenor
- Birthdate
- 1951-09-17
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Washington, DC, USA
- Education
- Columbia University (MBA)
Columbia University (MS|Journalsim)
Yale College (AB|1974) - Occupations
- Editor and Publisher
- Relationships
- Melville Bell Grosvenor (father)
- Organizations
- American Heritage Publishing Company
- Agent
- Grosvenor Literary Agency
Members
Reviews
A wonderful magazine, perhaps a bit shallow, but very well designed. Took up the torch put down by Horizon, a publication issued by the American Heritage group. Whereas HORIZON was in hardback format, Portfolio came out in a paperback format, just as American Heritage eventually did (American Heritage actually reverted to paperback. American Heritage originated in State College, PA in a very attractive paperback format. Sadly, I don't have any of those issues any more.)
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- Works
- 45
- Members
- 194
- Popularity
- #112,877
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 23
1. The Barbarians, by Richard Winston
2. The Age of Charlemagne, by Régine Pernoud
3. Europe in the Year 1000, by Morris Bishop
4. When Moors Ruled Spain, by Gerald Brennan
5. When the Normans Invaded England, by Morris Bishop
6. The Byzantines, by Alfred Duggan
7. Richard and Saladin, by Alfred Duggan
8. The Knights Templar, by Morris Bishop
9. The Troubadours, by Frederic V. Grunfeld
10. Alfonso the Learned of Castile, by Frederic V. Grunfeld
11. The Black Death, by Philip Ziegler
I list the essays this way to give the reader exactly what the volume offers. This is not a comprehensive survey of this long, significant period in the West. It is a series of essays that combine some historical high points with certain nuggets of interest which sometimes border on gossip. They are useful in their way, but for a rigorous history or histories, I would direct readers elsewhere. If your grounding in Europe’s Middle Ages is relatively strong, this compendium might provide interesting color for certain events or trends. It was a diverting day-and-a-half for me.… (more)