Peter Chrisp

Last updated August 06, 2023

Peter Chrisp (born 20 May 1958) is a British children's author of books on history. With over ninety books published,^[1] his various works include Blitzkrieg!, Dorling Kindersley's Ancient Egypt Revealed and Ancient Rome Revealed, The Spanish Conquests of the New World , and many more.

Aside from his publications in literature, he is also an artist, who has exhibited collections of his cartoons and hand-drawn postcards during Brighton Festival.^[3]^[4] In 2014, his portraits of the Magna Carta barons were displayed in an exhibition in St Edmunsbury Cathedral, and 'were very popular with visiting families and schools'.^[5] The illustrations were later displayed as a trail on bollards around the town.^[6] In 2017, his Christmas tableaux photographs, with Lisa Wolfe, were featured in The Observer,^[7] Der Spiegel,^[8] the New Zealand Stuff.co.nz news website,^[9] and Brighton's Viva magazine.^[10] In 2019, his illustrations of the diary of Thomas Turner began appearing in a monthly column, edited by Mathew Clayton, in Caught by the River.^[11]

Since 2013, Chrisp has been writing From Swerve of Shore to Bend of Bay, a blog about James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. The blog has been featured in the Irish Times, where Chrisp was described as an 'eminent Wake scholar'^[12] and 'a self-confessed Joyce obsessive'.^[13]

Bibliography

Chrisp, Peter (1988). Conscientious Objectors: 1916 to the Present Day. Tressell Publications. ISBN 0-907586511.
Chrisp, Peter (1990). Blitzkrieg!. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750200097.
Chrisp, Peter (1991). The Crusades. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750204750.
Chrisp, Peter (1991). The Roman Empire. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750201995.
Chrisp, Peter (1991). The Rise of Islam. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750202855.
Chrisp, Peter (1991). The Rise of Fascism. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750200240.
Chrisp, Peter (1992). The Farmer through History. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750203845.
Chrisp, Peter (1992). The Soldier through History. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750203838.
Chrisp, Peter (1993). Voyages to the New World. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750207133.
Chrisp, Peter (1993). The Search for the East. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750207126.
Chrisp, Peter (1993). The Search for a Northern Route. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750208116.
Chrisp, Peter (1993). The Romans. Two-Can. ISBN 978-1854342157.
Chrisp, Peter (1994). History Makers of the Middle Ages. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750212687.
Chrisp, Peter (1994). Clothes (Tudors and Stuarts). Wayland. ISBN 978-0750211512.
Chrisp, Peter (1994). Food (Tudors and Stuarts). Wayland. ISBN 978-0750211116.
Chrisp, Peter (1994). Family Life in Roman Britain. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750210058.
Chrisp, Peter (1994). The Incas. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750210683.
Chrisp, Peter (1994). The Maya. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750210669.
Chrisp, Peter (1995). The Whalers. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750212014.
Chrisp, Peter (1996). Mapping the Unknown. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750213844.
Chrisp, Peter (1996). History of Toys and Games. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750216791.
Chrisp, Peter (1996). Great Journeys. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750218313.
Chrisp, Peter (1996). The Norman Conquest. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750217439.
Chrisp, Peter (1997). A Tudor Kitchen (Living in History). Heinemann. ISBN 978-0431068237.
Chrisp, Peter (1997). A Victorian Kitchen (Living in History). Heinemann. ISBN 978-0431068213.
Chrisp, Peter (1997). A Victorian School (Living in History). Heinemann. ISBN 978-0431068275.
Chrisp, Peter (1997). The Colosseum. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750219891.
Chrisp, Peter (1997). The Parthenon. Wayland. ISBN 978-0750219938.
Chrisp, Peter (1997). Invaders. BBC Active. ISBN 978-0563376262.
Chrisp, Peter (1998). Look Inside a Shakespearean Theatre. Hodder Wayland. ISBN 978-0750222822.
Chrisp, Peter (1998). A Tudor School (Living in History). Heinemann. ISBN 978-0431068251.
Chrisp, Peter (1999). The World of the Roman Emperor. Macdonald Young Books. ISBN 978-0750026918.
Chrisp, Peter (1999). Ancient Greece (My World). Two-Can. ISBN 978-1587280665.
Chrisp, Peter (1999). The Aztecs (History Beneath Your Feet). Wayland. ISBN 978-0750223638.
Chrisp, Peter (1999). On the Trail of the Victorians in Britain. Franklin Watts. ISBN 978-0749632304.
Chrisp, Peter (1999). On the Trail of the Celts in Britain. Franklin Watts. ISBN 978-0749638191.
Chrisp, Peter (1999). On the Trail of the Vikings in Britain. Franklin Watts. ISBN 978-0749635916.
Chrisp, Peter (1999). Vikings (My World). Two-Can. ISBN 978-1854346032.
Chrisp, Peter (2000). Look Inside a Greek Theatre. Hodder Wayland. ISBN 978-0750225892.
Chrisp, Peter (2000). Welcome to the Globe! (The Story of Shakespeare's Theatre). Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0789466402.
Chrisp, Peter (2000). The Illustrated World of the Tudors. Hodder Wayland. ISBN 9780-750226080.
Chrisp, Peter (2001). Disasters and Diseases. Marks and Spencers. ISBN 978-1842731925.
Chrisp, Peter (2001). Crime and Punishment. Marks and Spencers. ISBN 978-1842733448.
Chrisp, Peter (2001). The Cuban Missile Crisis. Hodder Wayland. ISBN 978-0750233897.
Chrisp, Peter (2001). Christopher Columbus: Explorer of the New World . Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0751313888.
Chrisp, Peter (2002). Victorian Crime (The History Detective Investigates). Hodder Wayland. ISBN 978-0750237406.
Chrisp, Peter (2002). Shakespeare (Eyewitness Guide). Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0750235860.
Chrisp, Peter (2002). Kennedy (20th Century Leaders). Hodder Wayland. ISBN 978-0750235860.
Chrisp, Peter (2002). Joseph Stalin (20th Century Leaders). Hodder Wayland. ISBN 978-0750235853.
Chrisp, Peter (2003). Ancient Greece Revealed. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0751367737.
Chrisp, Peter (2003). The Vikings (Strange Histories). Belitha Press. ISBN 978-1841386669.
Chrisp, Peter (2003). Ancient Rome Revealed. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0789497482.
Chrisp, Peter (2003). Alexander the Great: Legend of a Warrior King. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0751337495.
Chrisp, Peter (2004). Mummy (E Guide). Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0756622954.
Chrisp, Peter (2004). Ancient Rome (History in Art) . Raintree. ISBN 978-1844433605.
Chrisp, Peter (2004). Mesopotamia: Iraq in Ancient Times. Franklin Watts. ISBN 978-0749654542.
Chrisp, Peter (2004). Warfare (Medieval Realms). Hodder Wayland. ISBN 978-0750244350.
Chrisp, Peter (2004). The War in the Pacific. Hodder Wayland. ISBN 978-0750240147.
Chrisp, Peter (2004). Warfare (Medieval Realms). Hodder Wayland. ISBN 978-0750244350.
Chrisp, Peter (2006). Ancient Greece (E Explore) . Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0756619565.
Chrisp, Peter (2006). Pyramid. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-1405311267.
Chrisp, Peter (2006). Ancient Rome . Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0756652203.
Chrisp, Peter (2008). Prehistory . Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0756634605.
Chrisp, Peter (2009). Atlas of Ancient Worlds. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-1405336659.
Chrisp, Peter (2009). Imagine You're a Knight. Barron's Educational. ISBN 978-0764162039.
Chrisp, Peter (2009). Dinosaur Detectives. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-1405341097.
Chrisp, Peter (2010). The Most Brilliant, Boldly Going Book of Exploration Ever…by the Brainwaves . Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-1405352079.
Chrisp, Peter (2011). Explore Titanic. Carlton Books. ISBN 978-1847328830.
Chrisp, Peter (2011). Pirates. Kingfisher. ISBN 978-0753430736.
Chrisp, Peter (2011). The Second World War: Fighting for Freedom. Carlton. ISBN 978-1847324863.
Chrisp, Peter (2013). Chrisp's Crime Miscellany. Ilex. ISBN 978-1781570968.
Chrisp, Peter (2013). Civil War. Sandy Creek. ISBN 978-1435149441.
Chrisp, Peter (2014). The Vietnam War: The Causes, Events and Legacy. Scholastic. ISBN 978-0545793957.
Chrisp, Peter (2015). Explore 360° Pompeii. Barron's Educational Series. ISBN 978-0764167669.
Chrisp, Peter (2016). Ancient Rome (DKfindout!). Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0241250235.
Chrisp, Peter (2018). Bible Characters. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0241309612.

As co-author or contributor

The Roman Empire (Make it Work!). Two-Can. 1996. ISBN 978-1854343635.
1,000 Makers of the Millennium. Dorling Kindersley. 1999. ISBN 978-0751356649.
Explorers and Exploration . Marshall Cavendish. 2004. ISBN 978-0761475354.
Exploring Ancient Civilizations . Marshall Cavendish. 2004. ISBN 978-0761474562.
Exploring the Middle Ages . Marshall Cavendish. 2006. ISBN 978-0761476139.
The Children's Bible. Dorling Kindersley. 2008. ISBN 978-1405342797.
Egyptorium. Dorling Kindersley. 2008. ISBN 978-1405329514.
Wow! The Visual Encyclopedia of Everything. Dorling Kindersley. 2008. ISBN 978-1405322485.
The Grammar of the Ancient World. Ivy Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0500288344.
History Year by Year. DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). 2013. ISBN 978-1465414182.
Jonny Hannah: Greetings from Darktown: An Illustrator's Miscellany. Merrell Publishers Ltd. 2014. ISBN 978-1858946191.
Big History. Dorling Kindersley. 2016. ISBN 978-0241225905.
Art: A Children's Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley. 2017. ISBN 978-0241297650.
Timelines of Everything. Dorling Kindersley. 2018. ISBN 978-0241302323.
Children's Illustrated History Atlas. Dorling Kindersley. 2018. ISBN 978-0241319901.
General Knowledge Genius!. Dorling Kindersley. 2019. ISBN 978-0241336243.
The Law Book. Dorling Kindersley. 2020. ISBN 978-0241410196.
Explanatorium. Dorling Kindersley. 2021. ISBN 978-0241412985.

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[1] "Peter Chrisp – DK.com authors".

[2] "About Us - Icons of England". Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2009.

[3] "Open Houses in Brighton and Hove – Artists and Makerss".

[4] "Sevendialsartists.co.uk".

[5] '800th Centenary Celebrations of the sealing of the Magna Carta', Bury St Edmunds Town Council website

[6] Magna Carta Barons' Prize Trail, Ourburystedmunds website

[7] 'Merry little Christmases: one couple's tableau tradition – in pictures', The Observer, 26 November 2017

[8] 'Grußkarten aus 31 Jahren: Frohe Weihnachten wünschen Lisa und Peter', Der Spiegel online, 22 December 2017

[9] Anabela Rea, 'British couple's kooky Christmas cards are the best around', Stuff, 27 November 2017

[10] Lizzie Lower, 'Lisa Wolfe and Peter Chrisp: Christmas Crackers', Viva Magazine, December 2017

[11] 'The World of Thomas Turner', Caught by the River, 27 March 2019

[12] Frank McNally, 'Life sentence – An Irishman’s Diary about James Joyce and Edgar Quinet', The Irish Times, 30 August 2017

[13] Frank McNally, 'Larks in the Park – An Irishman’s Diary about James Joyce, cricket and running in the dark', The Irish Times, 3 May 2017

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