John Pemble

John Pemble is an English historian. He studied at University of Cambridge, UPenn, SOAS and Ecole Nationale des Langues Orientales Vivantes. He taught for many years at the University of Bristol. He is best known for his cultural history The Mediterranean Passion: Victorians and Edwardians in the South which co-won the 1987 Wolfson Literary Award for History. ^{[1] [2]}

Other works

• Britain's Gurkha War: The Invasion of Nepal, 1814–16
• John Addington Symonds: Culture and the Demon Desire
• Shakespeare Goes to Paris: How the Bard Conquered France
• The Invasion of Nepal: John Company at War
• The Raj, the Indian Mutiny and the Kingdom of Oudh, 1801–59
• The Rome We Have Lost
• Venice Rediscovered

References

1. "Pen and Sword Books: Titles by John Pemble". pen-and-sword.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
2. "www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/john-pemble/". bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 2025-08-17.