John Ardagh
John Ardagh (28 May 1928, Nyasaland - 26 January 2008) was a British journalist, writer and broadcaster. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked as a staff writer and correspondent for The Times and The Observer.[1] His book The New French Revolution, first published in 1968, has been updated many times, most recently as France in the New Century: Portrait of a Changing Society (1999). He also wrote anatomies of contemporary Ireland and Germany and co-authored and edited several travel guides. His son is the author and speaker Arjuna Ardagh.
Books authored
- Ardagh, John (1999). France in the New Century: Portrait of a Changing Society. Viking. ISBN 0670883603. (and previous editions)
- Ardagh, John (1995). Germany and the Germans: The United Germany in the Mid-1990's. Penguin. ISBN 0140252665. (and previous editions)
- Ardagh, John (1995). Ireland and the Irish: Portrait of a Changing Society. Penguin. ISBN 0140171606.
- Ardagh, John (1979). Tale of Five Cities: Life in Provincial Europe Today (Stuttgart, Bologna, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Toulouse, Ljubljana). Secker & Warburg. ISBN 0436017482.
References
- ^ John Ardagh, Tale of Five Cities: Life in Provincial Europe Today, London: Secker & Warburg, 1979, back flap.
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28 May 1928 |
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26 January 2008 |
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