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25 de out. de 2002 · Elizabeth Longford, the best-selling biographer and political activist who was the widow of the social reformer Lord Longford and the matriarch of a family that bred other well-known writers, died ...
14 de mai. de 2024 · 2024 Shortlist. SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED 14th May 2024. Professor Roy Foster, Chair of Judges, writes: “Over twenty-one years the Elizabeth Longford Prize has extended and redefined the concept of lives that change history. The 2024 shortlist carries this forward. We have chosen a short but substantial book about a formidable and controversial ...
Longford, Elizabeth (1906—)English historian. Name variations: Countess of Longford, formerly Lady Pakenham; Elizabeth Harman Pakenham. Source for information on Longford, Elizabeth (1906—): Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia dictionary.
Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, KG, PC (5 December 1905 – 3 August 2001), known to his family as Frank Longford and styled Lord Pakenham from 1945 to 1961, was a British politician and social reformer. A member of the Labour Party, he was one of its longest-serving politicians. He held cabinet positions on several occasions ...
Perhaps the only criticism which could be levelled at Elizabeth Longford as a biographer was the outstanding feature of her character – her goodness and generosity of spirit.
Elizabeth Longford. 3.85. 689 ratings55 reviews. Queen Victoria was the longest reigning monarch in British history. In this concise biography, Lady Longford, long recognised as an authority on the subject, gives a full account of Queen Victoria?s life and provides her unique assessment of the monarch. Victoria ascended the throne in 1837 on ...
1 de jul. de 2021 · Elizabeth Longford was a major figure in keeping this tradition going, an achievement continued with considerable r é clame by her daughter Antonia Fraser and granddaughters Rebecca and Flora Fraser. It was thus apposite that in 2002, the year of her grandmother ’ s death, Flora Fraser and Peter Soros founded the Historical Biography Prize ...
