Ruth Scurr
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Ruth Scurr Ecole Normale Supérieure | |
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Employer | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
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Spouse | Sir Peter Stothard (m. 2021) |
Website | www |
Dr Ruth Scurr
She was educated at St Bernard's Convent,
Works
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Her first book, Fatal Purity: It has been translated into five languages.
Her second book, John Aubrey: My Own Life (Chatto & Windus, 2015; New York Review of Books, 2016), was shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Biography Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Her third book, Napoleon: A Life in Gardens and Shadows (Chatto & Windus, 2021; Norton, 2021), was published to critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic to mark the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's death. It won the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award for Biography (2022).[3]
Career
Scurr began reviewing regularly for
She was a judge on the
Scurr is Director of Studies in Human, Social and Political Sciences for
Bibliography
Books
- Scurr, Ruth (2006). Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution. London: Chatto & Windus.
- — (2015). John Aubrey: My Own Life. London: Chatto & Windus.
- — (2021). Napoleon: A Life Told in Gardens and Shadows. London: Chatto & Windus.
Dissertations, theses
- Scurr, Ruth (2000). The social foundations of the modern republic : P.-L. Roederer's Cours d'organisation sociale (Ph.D.). University of Cambridge.
Critical studies and reviews
- Anon. (11 April 2015). "A man for all seasons". Books and Arts. The Economist. Vol. 415, no. 8933. pp. 74–75. Review of John Aubrey.
See also
References
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- ^ "The Times Online 100 Best Books of the Decade (2000-2009) (113 books)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
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- ^ "Ruth Scurr | Search | TLS". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "All articles by Ruth Scurr - journalisted.com". Archived from the original on 15 March 2014.
- ^ "NS Library - Ruth Scurr". Archived from the original on 21 November 2006.
- ^ "Ruth Scurr · LRB". lrb.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Ruth Scurr". thenation.com. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Ruth Scurr". theguardian.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Scurr, Ruth (7 March 2014). "Book Review: 'Whistler' by Daniel e. Sutherland". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Ruth Scurr | The Man Booker Prizes". Archived from the original on 22 September 2012.
- ^ "Ruth Scurr". The Times. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ "Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2007, BBC FOUR, The UK's most Prestigious non-fiction award , The UK's richest non-fiction prize". Archived from the original on 15 December 2007.
- ^ "The Rathbones Folio Prize | the Rathbones Folio Prize". Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Per Capita Media". Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Per Capita Media". Retrieved 10 January 2024.
External links
- Official website
- Hilary Mantel, "If you'd seen his green eyes", London Review of Books, Vol. 28, No. 8, 20 April 2006. Accessed 19 December 2022.
- Rebecca Abrams, "Review: The monstrous puzzle of the revolution", The Guardian, 20 May 2006. Accessed 19 December 2022.
- Jeremy Robb, "Sea-green Robespierre, mad as a fish, The Telegraph, 9 May 2006. Accessed 19 December 2022.
- Munro Price, "Making the monster human" (review of Fatal Purity), Telegraph.co.uk, 14 May 2006. Accessed 19 December 2022.