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 John Alexander Guy (born 16 January 1949) is a British historian and biographer. Nació en Australia en 1949 y creció en Inglaterra. A la edad de 16 años ya sabía que quería ser historiador. Se educó en el King Edward VII School en Lytham, y en el Clare College, Cambridge, donde se graduó en Historia, siendo el número uno de su promoción. En 2001 hizo su debut como presentador para el programa de televisión Timewatch, con la vida de Tomás Moro. Hoy en día se ha convertido en uno de los más reconocidos autores de libros de historia mientras se gana la alabanza universal y el Premio Whitbread 2004 por la biografía de la vida de María, reina de Escocia. |
John Guy también aparece regularmente en la BBC Radio, Radio, Radio, BBC World Service y Escocia BBC. En la actualidad escribe reseñas en The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Economist, el Suplemento Literario del Times, la revista BBC Historia e Historia Hoy. Durante su carrera académica, ha ocupado puestos en la Universidad de St. Andrews (donde es profesor honorario y fue en algún momento Vicerrector de Investigación), la Universidad de Bristol, la Universidad de California en Berkeley, y la Universidad Johns Hopkins. Es miembro del Clare College de la Universidad de Cambridge, donde enseña a tiempo parcial para poder dedicar más tiempo a su obra y trayectoria en la radiodifusión. Ha dado numerosas conferencias en Gran Bretaña y Estados Unidos. Ha publicado 16 libros y numerosos artículos académicos. Vive en el norte de Londres con su esposa, Julia Fox, profesora de historia antigua. wiki/John_Guy johnguy.co.uk/ penguin.co.uk/john-guy |
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Mary Queen of Scots
John Guy Now a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period. Winner of the Whitbread Biography Award For centuries, Mary, Queen of Scots has been a figure of scholarly debate. Where many have portrayed her as the weak woman to Elizabeth's rational leader, John Guy reassesses the young queen, finding her far more politically shrewd than previously believed. Crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months old, Queen of France by age sixteen and widowed the following year, Guy paints Mary as a commanding and savvy queen who navigated the European power struggles of the time to her advantage. Her life was one of drama and conflict - Scottish lords constructed labyrinthine plots to wrest power from her and attempts to prove her claim to the English throne were thwarted by English ministers bent on protecting Elizabeth. Mary Queen of Scots re-examines the original sources, resulting in a riveting new argument surrounding Mary's involvement in her husband Lord Darnely's murder and her subsequent marriage to his suspected assassin. Guy's accessible treatment of the well-trodden story, his deft storytelling and insightful new arguments provide compelling and dramatic reading. 'An absorbing biography . . . meticulously researched . . . scholarly and intriguing' Peter Ackroyd,The Times 'Rarely have first-class scholarship and first-class storytelling been so effectively combined' John Adamson, Daily Telegraph John Guy is a Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge. His bestselling books include A Daughter's Love: Thomas and Margaret More, Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: A 900-Year-Old Story Retold, Tudor England, The Children of Henry VIII, and 'My Heart is My Own': the Life of Mary Queen of Scots, which won the Whitbread Biography Award and the Marsh Biography Award. He appears regularly on BBC radio and television. Previously published as 'My Heart is My Own'. |
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