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June 2012: Impressions of Althorp: Thoughts on My Spencer Heritage By Charles Spencer
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09-26-2014, 07:30 AM
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Books Authored by Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
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09-26-2014, 10:35 AM
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Earl Spencer is a very good writer...very scholarly and engaging at once. I own almost every book he has written. I will definitely add this one to my list...thanks! 
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09-26-2014, 11:10 AM
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Earl Spencer is a very good writer...very scholarly and engaging at once. I own almost every book he has written. I will definitely add this one to my list...thanks! |
As a boy, Earl Spencer went to Eton College. Later he studied History at Oxford and worked many years as a special reporter for NBC. I believe there's no doubt about the extent of his qualifications.
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09-26-2014, 07:43 PM
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He was on the Irish radio earlier promoting whilst the book in Dublin.
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09-26-2014, 09:14 PM
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As a boy, Earl Spencer went to Eton College. Later he studied History at Oxford and worked many years as a special reporter for NBC. I believe there's no doubt about the extent of his qualifications.
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Indeed. He has been described as the most academically talented of the four Spencer children, and I well remember his stint as a correspondent for NBC's Today Show.
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10-01-2017, 01:55 AM
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Diana's brother Earl Spencer Pens New Book on Charles II
Princess Diana's Brother Charles Spencer Publishes His Latest History Book
Apparently Charles, Earl Spencer wrote a bestseller in 2015, Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I. Now, he's completed a new book, To Catch a King: Charles II's Great Escape.
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10-01-2017, 09:22 PM
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Earl Spencer, who has a degree in History from Oxford, has written several very well-received books:
Althorp: the Story of an English House (1998)
The Spencers: a Personal History of an English Family (2000).
Blenheim, Battle for Europe (2004). This book was a Sunday Times best-seller, and was shortlisted for "History Book of the Year" at the 2005 National Book Awards.
Prince Rupert – The Last Cavalier (2007).
Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I (2014). This book was a Sunday Times best-seller.
Earl Spencer is no slouch academically.
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10-01-2017, 09:40 PM
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... [snipped]Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I (2014). This book was a Sunday Times best-seller.
Earl Spencer is no slouch academically.
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I looked through "Killer of the King" in a bookshop. I think Earl Spencer's writing style is dryly academic. Some people might find it tedious to read. His portrayal of Sir George Downing was quite vivid though: a diplomat and consummate survivor.
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