{"product_id":"christopher-hill-the-life-of-a-radical-historian-paperback","title":"Christopher Hill: The Life of a Radical Historian - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Braddick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous biography of one of the last century's most influential historians\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in 1912, Christopher Hill was one of the foremost historians of his generation. Abandoning the respectable provincial Methodism of his youth, Hill embraced Marxism and pursued a celebrated intellectual career. His early enthusiasm as a member of the Communist Party eventually gave way to disillusionment with its doctrinaire practices. Hill embodied the conflicts and challenges of the postwar decades. Michael Braddick's astute biography situates Hill's life and work in the proper historical context, bringing him alive for twenty-first-century readers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Braddick is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, having previously worked at the University of Sheffield. He has held academic positions and visiting Fellowships in the United States, Australia, France, and Germany. He has written extensively on state formation, the English Revolution and political engagement and agency in early modern England, Ireland and the British Atlantic. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Common Freedom of the People: John Lilburne and the English Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGod's Fury, England's Fire: A New History of the English Civil Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, and A \u003ci\u003eUseful History of Britain: The Politics of Getting Things Done\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45400869994631,"sku":"9781836743583","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/rT8khF9LcG9781836743583.webp?v=1785981011","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/christopher-hill-the-life-of-a-radical-historian-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}