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Frank McLynn

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Frank McLynn
Born
Francis James McLynn

(1941-08-29) 29 August 1941 (age 82)
NationalityBritish
OccupationAuthor

Francis James McLynn FRHistS FRGS (born 29 August 1941), known as Frank McLynn, is a British author, biographer, historian and journalist.

He is known for biographies of Napoleon, Robert Louis Stevenson, Carl Jung, Richard Francis Burton and Henry Morton Stanley.

Early life and education

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McLynn was educated at Wadham College, Oxford[1] and the University of London.[2] He was Alistair Horne Research Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford (1987–88) and was visiting professor in the Department of Literature at the University of Strathclyde (1996–2001)[3] and professorial fellow at Goldsmiths College London (2000–2002)[4] before becoming a full-time writer.

Bibliography

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Books

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  • France and the Jacobite Rising of 1745 (1981), Edinburgh University Press
  • The Jacobite Army in England, 1745–46 (1983), John Donald Publishers Ltd
  • The Jacobites (1985), Routledge & Kegan Paul
  • Invasion: From the Armada to Hitler (1987), Routledge
  • Charles Edward Stuart: A Tragedy in Many Acts (1988) Routledge; Reissued (2020) by Sharpe Books ISBN 979-8646825446.
  • Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England (1989), Routledge
  • Stanley: The Making of an African Explorer, 1841–1877 (1990), Scarborough House Publishers
  • From the Sierras to the Pampas: Richard Burton's Travels in the Americas, 1860–69 (1991), Trafalgar Square
  • Stanley: Sorcerer's Apprentice (1992), Oxford University Press
  • Snow upon the Desert: The Life of Sir Richard Burton (1993), John Murray Publishers Ltd
  • Hearts of Darkness: The European Exploration of Africa (1993), Carroll & Graf Pub
  • Famous Letters: Messages & Thoughts That Shaped Our World (1993), Reader's Digest Association
  • Fitzroy MacLean (1993), John Murray Publishers Ltd
  • Robert Louis Stevenson: A Biography (1994), Random House
  • Famous Trials: Cases That Made History (1995), Reader's Digest
  • Napoleon: A Biography (1997), Arcade Publishing
  • Carl Gustav Jung: A Biography (1997), Thomas Dunne Books
  • 1066: The Year of the Three Battles (1998), Jonathan Cape, Reissued by Pimlico, ISBN 9780712666725
  • Villa and Zapata: A History of the Mexican Revolution (2000), Basic Books
  • Wagons West: The Epic Story of America's Overland Trails (2002), Grove Press
  • 1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World (2005), Atlantic Monthly Press, ISBN 9780871138811
  • Lionheart and Lackland: King Richard, King John and the Wars of Conquest (2006), Jonathan Cape
    • Published in the US as Richard and John: Kings at War (2007), Da Capo Press
  • Marcus Aurelius: Warrior, Philosopher, Emperor (2009), Bodley Head, ISBN 9780306819162
  • Heroes and Villains: Inside the Minds of the Greatest Warriors in History (2009), Pegasus
  • The Burma Campaign: Disaster Into Triumph 1942–45 (2010), Bodley Head, Issued by Yale University Press in 2011, ISBN 9780300187441
  • Captain Cook: Master of the Seas (2011), Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300114218
  • The Road Not Taken: How Britain Narrowly Missed a Revolution, 1381–1926 (2012), Random House
  • Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World (2015), Bodley Head, ISBN 9780224072908

As editor

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  • Of No Country: An Anthology of the Works of Sir Richard Burton (1990), London: Scribners

Criticism and reviews

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Captain Cook: master of the seas (2011)

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Awards and accolades

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Random House Books". Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. ^ McLynn, Frank (20 February 1988). The Jacobites. Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 9780415002677 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Frank McLynn, "Villa and Zapata: A History of the Mexican Revolution", Back cover bio, [1]
  4. ^ "Royal Literary Fund". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  5. ^ "January Magazine". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Midlothian, Our Library". Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2019.