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Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (/ h ɪ ˈ l ɛər ˈ b ɛ l ə k /, French: [ilɛːʁ bɛlɔk]; 27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953) was a Franco-English writer and historian of the early 20th century. Belloc was also an orator, poet, sailor, satirist, writer of letters, soldier, and political activist.
Hilaire Belloc was a big, turbulent and complicated man, and no subject for hagiography. There can be valid and constructive criticisms of his work, and our aim is merely to lessen some of the inherited and uninformed prejudice so as to secure for him a calm and fair hearing.
Hilaire Belloc was a French-born poet, historian, and essayist who was among the most versatile English writers of the first quarter of the 20th century. He is most remembered for his light verse, particularly for children, and for the lucidity and easy grace of his essays, which could be.
Hilaire Belloc is considered one of the most controversial and accomplished men of letters of early 20th-century England. An author whose writings continue to draw either the deep admiration or bitter contempt of readers, he was an outspoken proponent of radical social and economic reforms, all…
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (né à La Celle-Saint-Cloud le 27 juillet 1870 [4] et mort à Guildford le 16 juillet 1953) est un écrivain et historien anglo-français, naturalisé sujet britannique mais conservant sa nationalité française en 1902.
Sep 5, 2017 · The enduring appeal of the writer Hilaire Belloc’s “Cautionary Tales for Children” defies explanation. First published in London, in 1907, with pen-and-ink illustrations by Belloc’s friend ...
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) was a larger-than-life character who is now best known for his Cautionary Verses but who also wrote fiction, essays, history, biography and huge numbers of letters. He was born in a village just outside Paris on the eve of the Franco-Prussian war.
Hilaire Belloc was a French-born British historian and writer, prolific in the first half of the 20th century. He was born Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc in north-central France, days after the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.
