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Born Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin24 May 1924Tredegar, Monmouthshire, England (now Wales) ( 1924-05-24 ) Occupation British writer, historian, editor Parents A. J. Cronin, Agnes Mary Gibson Siblings R. F. Patrick Cronin, Andrew Cronin Grandparents Agnes Thomson Gibson, Jessie Cronin, Patrick Cronin, Robert Gibson Books Napoleon Bonaparte: An Intimat, Louis and Antoinette, The Wise Man from the West, The golden honeycomb, The Florentine Renaissance | ||
Vincent Cronin: Napoleon Bonaparte An Intimate Biography Book Summary
Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin FRSL (24 May 1924 – 25 January 2011) was a British historical, cultural, and biographical writer, best known for his biographies of Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, and Napoleon, as well as for his books on the Renaissance.
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- Vincent Cronin Napoleon Bonaparte An Intimate Biography Book Summary
- NAPOLEO de Vincent Cronin
- Family
- Awards
- Works
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Cronin was born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire to Scottish doctor and novelist, A. J. Cronin, and May Gibson, but moved to London at the age of two. He was educated at Ampleforth College, Harvard University, the Sorbonne, and Trinity College, Oxford, from which he graduated with honours in 1947, earning a degree in Literae Humaniores. During the Second World War, he served as a lieutenant in the British Army.
NAPOLEÃO de Vincent Cronin
Family
In 1949, he married Chantal de Rolland, and they had five children. The Cronins were long-time residents of London, Marbella, and Dragey, in Avranches, Normandy, where they lived at the Manoir de Brion. He died at his home in Marbella on 25 January 2011.
Awards
Cronin was a recipient of the Richard Hillary Award, the W.H. Heinemann Award (1955), and the Rockefeller Foundation Award (1958). He also contributed to the Revue des Deux Mondes, was the first General Editor of the Companion Guides series, and was on the Council of the Royal Society of Literature.