Paul Johnson (GBR) * 02.11.1928
Paul Bede Johnson (born 2 November 1928) is an English journalist, historian, speechwriter and author. He was educated at the Jesuit independent school Stonyhurst College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford. Johnson first came to prominence in the 1950s as a journalist writing for, and later editing, the New Statesman magazine.
A prolific writer, he has written over 40 books and contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers. While associated with the left in his early career, he is now a conservative popular historian. His sons are the journalist Daniel Johnson, founder of Standpoint, and the businessman Luke Johnson, former chairman of Channel 4.
Incomplete bibliography
Johnson's books are listed by subject or type. The country of publication is the UK, unless stated otherwise.
Anthologies, polemics & contemporary history:
Johnson, Paul Bede; Abel-Smith, Brian; Calder, Nigel; Hoggart, Richard; Jones, Mervyn; Marris, Peter; Murdoch, Iris; Shore, Peter; Thomas, Hugh; Townsend, Peter; Williams, Raymond (1957), "A Sense of Outrage", in Mackenzie, Norman Ian, Conviction, London, ENG, UK: MacGibbon & Kee, pp. 202–17.
Johnson, Paul Bede (1957), The Suez War, London, ENG, UK: MacGibbon & Kee.
——— (1958), Journey Into Chaos, Western Policy in the Middle East, London, ENG, UK: MacGibbon & Kee.
——— (1971), Statesmen and Nations, Sidgwick & Jackson. An anthology of New Statesman articles from the 1950s and 1960s. Often surprisingly mild in tone given Johnson's later development.
——— (1977), Enemies of Society, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
——— (1980), The Recovery of Freedom, Mainstream, Basil Blackwell.
——— (1981), Davis, William, ed., The Best of Everything – Animals, Business, Drink, Travel, Food, Literature, Medicine, Playtime, Politics, Theatre, Young World, Art, Communications, Law and Crime, Films, Pop Culture, Sport, Women's Fashion, Men's Fashion, Music, Military – contributor.
——— (1985), The Pick of Paul Johnson, Harrap.
——— (1991) [1986], The Oxford Book of Political Anecdotes (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press.
——— (1988), Intellectuals, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
1994 The Quotable Paul Johnson A Topical Compilation of His Wit, Wisdom and Satire (George J. Marlin, Richard P. Rabatin, Heather Higgins (Editors)) 1994 Noonday Press/1996 Atlantic Books(US)
1994 Wake Up Britain – a Latter-day Pamphlet Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1996 To Hell with Picasso & Other Essays: Selected Pieces from “The Spectator” Weidenfeld & Nicolson
2009 Churchill (biography), 192 pp.[29]
2012 Darwin: Portrait of a genius (Viking, 176 pages)
Art & architecture[edit]
1980 British Cathedrals Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 0-297-77828-5
1993 Gerald Laing : Portraits Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd (with Gerald Laing & David Mellor MP)
1999 Julian Barrow's London Fine Art Society
2003 Art: A New History Weidenfeld & Nicolson
History:
1972 The Offshore Islanders: England's People from Roman Occupation to the Present/to European Entry [1985ed as History of the English People; 1998ed as Offshore Islanders: A History of the English People] Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1974 Elizabeth I: a Study in Power and Intellect Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1974 The Life and Times of Edward III Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1976 Civilizations of the Holy Land Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1977 Education of an Establishment in The World Of the Public School (pp13–28), edited by George MacDonald Fraser, Weidenfeld & Nicolson /St Martins Press (US edition)
1978 The Civilization of Ancient Egypt Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1981 Ireland: A Concise History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day [as ...Land of Troubles 1980 Eyre Methuen] Granada
1983 A History of the Modern World from 1917 to the 1980s Weidenfeld & Nicholson
1984 Modern Times: A History of the World from the 1920s to the 1980s Weidenfeld & Nicolson [later, ...Present Time and ...Year 2000 2005 ed] Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1987 Gold Fields A Centenary Portrait Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1987 The History of the Jews [2001ed] Weidenfeld & Nicolson (later editions titled A History of the Jews)
1991 The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830 Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1996 The Holocaust Phoenix [pages 482 to 517 of A History of the Jews]
1997 A History of the American People Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 0-06-093034-9 [3]
2002 The Renaissance [: A Short History *] Weidenfeld & Nicolson/*Random House (USA)
2002 Napoleon (Lives S.) Weidenfeld & Nicolson [2003 Phoenix pbk]
2005 George Washington: The Founding Father (Eminent Lives Series) Atlas Books
2006 Creators HarperCollins Publishers (USA) ISBN 0-06-019143-0
2007 Heroes HarperCollins Publishers (USA) ISBN 978-0-06-114316-8; ISBN 0-06-114316-2; HarperCollins Publishing link to book
2010 Humorists HarperCollins Publishers (USA) ISBN 978-0-06-182591-0
Memoirs:
2004 The Vanished Landscape: A 1930s Childhood in the Potteries Weidenfeld & Nicolson: ISBN 978-0-7538-1933-3
2010 Brief Lives Hutchinson
Novels[edit]
1959 Left of Centre MacGibbon & Kee ["Left Of Centre describes the meeting of a Complacent Young Man with an Angry Old City"]
1964 Merrie England MacGibbon & Kee
Religion[edit]
1975 Pope John XXIII Hutchinson
1977 A History of Christianity Weidenfeld & Nicolson /1976 Simon & Schuster /Atheneum (USA)
1982 Pope John Paul II And The Catholic Restoration St Martins Press
1996 The Quest for God: A Personal Pilgrimage Weidenfeld & Nicolson/HarperCollins (USA)
1997 The Papacy Weidenfeld & Nicolson
2010 Jesus: A Biography From a Believer Penguin Books
Travel:
1973 The Highland Jaunt Collins (with George Gale)
1974 A Place in History: Places & Buildings Of British History Omega [Thames TV (UK) tie-in]
1978 National Trust Book of British Castles Granada Paperback [1992 Weidenfeld ed as Castles Of England, Scotland And Wales]
1984 The Aerofilms Book of London from the Air Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Johnson_(writer)
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