Marc Morris (historian)

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Marc Morris
Born (1973-09-14) September 14, 1973 (age 50)
Academic background
Alma mater King's College London
University of Oxford

Marc Morris (born 1973) is a British historian, who has also presented a television series, Castle, on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, [1] and wrote the book that accompanied the series. His 2005 book on the earls of the Bigod family was praised for its "impeccable research and fluent sense of narration". [2]

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He was educated at Oakwood Park Grammar School, King's College London and the University of Oxford.

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References

  1. Novakovich, Mary (7 May 2003). "Pick of the day: Television". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  2. Kagay, Donald J. (2006). "Rev. of Morris, The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century". Speculum . 81 (4): 1233–34. doi:10.1017/s0038713400004784. JSTOR   20463981.
  3. Ridgeway, H.W. (2006). "Rev. of Morris, The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century". The English Historical Review . 121 (494): 1520–21. doi:10.1093/ehr/cel328.