Charles Petrie (historian)

Sir Charles Alexander Petrie, 3rd Baronet (born 28 September 1895 in Liverpool, † 13 December 1977 ) was a British historian.

He wrote several works on the British, Jacobite and Spanish history. In the 30 years he sympathized with the fascists to Oswald Mosley, Franco supporters. He was a supporter of the appeasement policy of Chamberlain, editor of the conservative New English Review, corresponding member of the Spanish Historical Society and president of the Irish Military History Society.

Works

  • The Stuart Pretenders: A History of The Jacobite Movement, 1688-1807. - Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933
  • Mussolini. - Leipzig: Kittler, 1933 ( in German language translator: FM Thomas )
  • The History of Spain. - New York: D. Appleton - Century Co., 1934 (together with Louis Bertrand )
  • The Four Georges: A revaluation of the period from 1714 to 1830. - London: Eyre Spottiswoode, 1935
  • The Stuarts. - London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1937
  • The Chamberlain tradition. - New York: Stokes, 1938
  • The Life and Letters of the Right Hon Sir Austen Chamberlain. - London: Cassell, 1939
  • The Marshal Duke of Berwick: the picture of an age. - London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1953
  • Lord Liverpool and his times. - London: J. Barrie, 1954
  • Wellington: A Reassessment. - London: James Barrie, 1956
  • Daniel O'Conor Sligo: His family and his times. Dublin: National University of Ireland, 1958
  • Philip II of Spain. - London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1963
  • The Great Tyrconnel: A Chapter in Anglo-Irish relations. - Cork: Mercier Press, 1972
  • King Charles, Prince Rupert, and the Civil War: from original letters. - London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974 ( ISBN 0710079699 )
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