Paul Johnson (novinář)

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Paul Bede Johnson (* 2. listopadu 1928 v Manchesteru v Anglii) je britský římskokatolický historik, novinář a autor řady populárních historických syntéz.

Své vzdělání získal na Stonyhurst College a Magdalen College v Oxfordu. Známým se Johnson stal díky svému žurnalistické tvorbě 50. letech, později editoval the New Statesman magazine. Jakožto plodný autor napsal více jak 40 knížek a přispíval do řady periodik. Zatímco se na začátku své kariéry ztotožňoval spíše s levicí, nyní je prominentním konzervativní historikem. Jeho syn Daniel Johnson je známý novinář a zakladatel časopisu Standpoint. V roce 2006 obdržel Presidential Medal of Freedom (řád svobody) od prezidenta George W. Bushe.

Bibliografie

Česky vyšly následující knihy:

  • Civilizace starého Egypta (Academia 2005)
  • Dějiny 20. století (Rozmluvy 1991)
  • Dějiny amerického národa (Academia 2000)
  • Dějiny anglického národa (Rozmluvy)
  • Dějiny civilizací Svaté země (Barrister & Principal 2003)
  • Dějiny křesťanství (CDK 1999)
  • Dějiny renesance (Barrister & Principal 2004)
  • Dějiny umění (Academia 2006)
  • Dějiny židovského národa (Rozmluvy 1995)
  • Hledání Boha, osobní pouť (Panevropa 1997)
  • Intelektuálové (Návrat domů 2002)
  • Napoleon (Barrister & Principal 2003)
  • Nepřátelé společnosti (Rozmluvy 1999)
  • Zrození moderní doby (Academia 1998)

Antologie, polemiky a historické komentáře

  • 1957 Conviction MacGibbon & Kee (contribution: „A Sense of Outrage“ pp202-17, with Brian Abel-Smith, Nigel Calder, Richard Hoggart, Mervyn Jones, Norman Mackenzie (ed), Peter Marris, Iris Murdoch Peter Shore, Hugh Thomas, Peter Townsend & Raymond Williams)
  • 1957 The Suez War MacGibbon & Kee
  • 1958 Journey Into Chaos MacGibbon & Kee [Western Policy in the Middle East]
  • 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 Series) Basil Blackwell
  • 1981 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 (ed by William Davis) - contributor
  • 1985 The Pick of Paul Johnson Harrap
  • 1986 The Oxford Book Of Political Anecdotes (2nd ed 1991) 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

Umění

  • 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 [1]

Historie

  • 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
  • 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 [2001ed] The History of the Jews Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • 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 [2]
  • 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 Harper Collins Publishers (USA) ISBN 0-06-019143-0

Paměti

  • 2004 The Vanished Landscape: A 1930s Childhood in the Potteries Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Novely

  • 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

Náboženská literatura

  • 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

Cestopisy

  • 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]
  • 1980 British Cathedrals Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • 1984 The Aerofilms Book of London from the Air Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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