death_date major_works main_interests birth_date article_title name
21 december 2008 various major biographies british history 5 march 1924 christopher hibbert
 arthur raymond `` christopher '' hibbert
christopher hibbert

christopher hibbert mc -lrb- 5 march 1924 -- 21 december 2008 -rrb- , born arthur raymond hibbert , was an english writer , historian and biographer .
he has been called `` a pearl of biographers '' -lrb- `` new statesman '' -rrb- and `` probably the most widely-read popular historian of our time and undoubtedly one of the most prolific '' -lrb- `` the times '' -rrb- .
hibbert was a fellow of the royal society of literature and the author of many books , including `` the story of england '' , `` disraeli '' , `` edward vii '' , `` george iv '' , `` the rise and fall of the house of medici '' , and `` cavaliers and roundheads '' .
