Peter Marshall (author)

Peter Hugh Marshall ( born August 23, 1946 in Bognor Regis, England ) is a British historian and author.

Peter Hugh Marshall visited the Steyning Grammar School in Sussex. After that he was " purser cadet " in the P & O -Orient Shipping Company and sailed around the world before he was teaching English in Senegal, West Africa. He then returned to England and received a bachelor of arts in English, French and Spanish at the University of London and a Master's degree and a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Sussex. He taught philosophy and literature at several UK universities and colleges.

Marshall wrote a total of 15 books which have been translated into 14 different languages. His circumnavigation of Africa was unseeded in a six-part TV series and his journey through Ireland was the subject of a radio broadcast. He also wrote several articles for English newspapers and journals.

Works

  • The Mercurial Emperor: The Magic Circle of Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague. London, Pimlico 2007
  • Astrology World 's Quest to Understand the Human Character. London, Macmillan 2004
  • The Philosopher's Stone - A Quest for the Secrets of Alchemy. London, Macmillan 2001
  • Riding the wind. A new Philosophy for a New Era. London and New York, Cassell, 1998
  • Celtic Gold - A Voyage Around Ireland. London, Sinclair - Stevenson, 1997
  • Around Africa - From the Pillars of Hercules to the Strait of Gibraltar. London, Simon & Schuster 1994
  • Nature's Web. Rethinking our Place on Earth. New York, Paragon Press 1994
  • Demanding the Impossible - A History of Anarchism. London, Harper Collins 1992
  • Journey Through Maldives - With photographers Mohamed Amin and Duncan Willetts. Nairobi, Camerapix Publishers International 1992
  • William Blake - Visionary Anarchist. London, Freedom Press, 1988
  • Introduction by Peter Marshall to Damon and Delia by William Godwin. Croesor, Zena 1988; published by the University of Wales Press)
  • The Anarchist Writings of William Godwin. London, Freedom Press 1986; new edition 1996
  • Cuba Libre - Breaking the Chains? London, Victor Gollancz 1987
  • Into Cuba. London, Zena Publications 1985
  • William Godwin. London and New York, Yale University Press 1984
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