John Julius Norwich

John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich, CVO ( born September 15, 1929), known as John Julius Norwich, is a British peer, writer and television presenter.

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Life

Family

John Julius Cooper was born on September 15, 1929, son of Alfred Duff Cooper and his wife, Diana Cooper. His father was named in recognition of his literary and political achievements for 1952 Viscount Norwich. After his death in 1954 his son John Julius Cooper inherited his title and the associated seat in the House of Lords.

Career

John Julius Cooper attended Upper Canada College in Toronto, Eton College, the University of Strasbourg and, after his military service in the Royal Navy, the New College, Oxford, where he studied French and Russian.

In 1952, John Julius Cooper diplomat of the British Foreign Service. He worked for the embassies in Belgrade and Beirut and participated in the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. In 1964 he left the Foreign Service to dedicate himself under the pseudonym " John Julius Norwich " writing. In the following decades, he has published several books, most of them historical works, and worked with in some television productions.

Lord Norwich is Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund, vice chairman of the World Monuments Fund and former leader of the National Trust. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Society of Antiquaries of London and of the Royal Society of Literature. He wears the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, class Commendatore, and since 1993 has been a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

John Julius Norwich has a son, Jason Charles Duff Bede Cooper ( born 1959 ), and a daughter from his first marriage and another daughter from an affair.

Works

As author

  • Byzantium. Rise and Fall of an Empire (A Short History of Byzantium, 1997). Ullsteinhaus, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-548-60620-0 (Summary of Byzantium trilogy).
  • Shakespeare 's Kings. The Great Plays and the History of England in the Middle Ages; From 1337 to 1485. Penguin Books, London 2000, ISBN 0-14-024913-3 (EA New York 1999).
  • Popes. A history. Chattoo & Windus, London 2011, ISBN 978-0-701-18290-8.
  • The Middle Sea. A History of the Mediterranean. , 2006.
  • Trying to Please. Dovecote Press, Dorset, 2008 ISBN 978-1-904-34958-7 ( autobiography ).
  • Paradise of cities. Venice and its 19th century visitors. Penguin Books, London 2004, ISBN 0-14-029717-0.
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas. Doubleday, London 1998, ISBN 0-385-41028- X ( children's book, illustrated by Quentin Blake ).

As editor

  • Major cities in the history of Uruk to Shanghai ( The great cities in history, 2009). Bassermann, München 2010, ISBN 978-3-8094-8024-2.
  • The Duff Cooper Diaries. From 1915 to 1951. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2005, ISBN 0-297-84843-7.
  • A traveler's companion to Venice. Robinson, London 2002, ISBN 978-1-56656-465-6 (EA London 1990).
  • The architecture of the world. From the cyclopean wall on reinforced concrete ( Great architecture of the world, 1975). Parkland, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-88059-287- X (formerly Title: World Architecture ).
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