Charles Dickens

CHRISTPOHER HIBBERT was born in 1924 and educated at Radley and Oxford, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of many highly acclaimed books, including Disraeli, Edward VII, George VI, The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici; The English: A Social History; and Cavaliers and Roundheads.

• Author's Note The Better World 1812-1822 Warren's Blacking 1823-1824 Wellington House Academy 1824-1827 Messrs Ellis& Blackmore 1827-1827 Miss Maria Beadnell 1828-1833 The Chronicle Reporter 1833-1835 Miss Catherine Hogarth 1835-1836 The Inimitable Boz 1836-1837 Miss Mary Hogarth 1837 The Novelist Triumphant 1837-1839 Mrs Charles Dickens 1839-1845 Epilogue: 'You don't object to an aged parent, I hope?' References and Notes Sources Index

Praise for Christopher Hibbert: 'Hibbert is a remarkably prolific popular historian, who can take on almost anything, from Dickens to General Wolfe, from Agincourt to Garibaldi' - The Observer '[Hibbert] is a superbly skillful historical writer' - The Spectator