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Hugh Ross Williamson: 1901-1978
Hugh Ross Williamson was a prolific British historian and dramatist, with over forty books to his name, and was particularly noted for producing the first critical study of T. S. Eliot, The Poetry of T. S. Eliot (1932). His best-known books include Charles and Cromwell (1946), The Gunpowder Plot (1951), The Day They Killed the King (1957), The Day Shakespeare Died (1961), Guy Fawkes (1964), Kind Kit: an Informal Biography of Christopher Marlowe (1972), and a selection of books on historical mysteries and whodunits, collected posthumously as Who Was the Man in the Iron Mask? and Other Historical Enigmas (2002). He also wrote a number of historical plays, including Gunpowder, Treason and Plot (1951). After a career in journalism and publishing, he became an Anglican clergyman in 1943 and returned to the Catholic Church in 1955. Many of his historical works have been noted for their Catholic apologist tone.
Recent books:
Who Was the Man in the Iron Mask? and Other Historical Enigmas (Penguin: 2002)
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