Frank McLynn FRHistS FRGS | |
|---|---|
| Born | Francis James McLynn (1941-08-29)29 August 1941 (age 84) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Notable work | Napoleon Genghis Khan 1066: The Year of the Three Battles |
Francis James McLynnFRHistSFRGS (born 29 August 1941), known asFrank McLynn, is a British author, biographer, novelist, historian and journalist.
He is known for biographies ofNapoleon,Robert Louis Stevenson,Carl Jung,Richard Francis Burton andHenry Morton Stanley.
McLynn was educated at theJohn Fisher School, Purley, and won anOpen Scholarship inClassics toWadham College, Oxford.[1] Once at Oxford, McLynn switched toPolitics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE). McLynn explained his choice by stating that "history and literature were my first loves, and I would always read them in future life, but I doubted that I would ever pick up a book on economics or philosophy again". This multi-disciplinary course formed part of McLynn's ambition to become apolymath.
McLynn entered the professional world as ajournalist. He developed an interest inLatin America, and spent two years in Colombia as deputy director of theBritish Council, and a subsequent year in Argentina as a Parry/Ford Foundation Fellow. He was awarded aPhD in the early 1970s for athesis on Argentina in the 1860s.
Prior to and during his career as a writer, McLynn worked in academic positions in theUK andUSA.
| University/College | Position | Years |
|---|---|---|
| King's College London | Assistant lecturer | 1972-74 |
| Humboldt State University | Lecturer | 1977-78 |
| St Antony's, Oxford | Alistair Horne Research Fellow | 1987-88 |
| Strathclyde University, Glasgow | Visiting Professor | 1996-2001 |
| Goldsmith's College, London | Professorial Fellow | 2000-02 |
McLynn was shortlisted for theNCR Book Award forCarl Gustav Jung: A Biography
| Title | First Published | Publisher | Reissued | Reissued By |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France and the Jacobite Rising of 1745 | 1981 | Edinburgh University Press | ||
| The Jacobite Army in England, 1745–46 | 1983 | John Donald Publishers Ltd | ||
| The Jacobites | 1985 | Routledge & Kegan Paul | ||
| Invasion: From the Armada to Hitler | 1987 | Routledge | ||
| Charles Edward Stuart: A Tragedy in Many Acts | 1988 | Routledge | 2020 | Sharpe Books |
| Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England | 1989 | Routledge | ||
| Stanley: The Making of an African Explorer, 1841–1877 | 1989 | Constable & Co. | ||
| From the Sierras to the Pampas: Richard Burton's Travels in The Americas, 1860–69 | 1991 | Trafalgar Square | ||
| Stanley: Sorcerer's Apprentice | 1991 | Constable & Co. | ||
| Snow upon the Desert: The Life of Sir Richard Burton | 1993 | John Murray Publishers Ltd | ||
| Hearts of Darkness: The European Exploration of Africa | 1993 | Caroll & Graf Publishers | ||
| Famous Letters: Messages & Thoughts That Shaped Our World | 1993 | Reader's Digest Association | ||
| Fitzroy MacLean | 1993 | John Murray Publishers Ltd | ||
| Robert Louis Stevenson: A Biography | 1994 | Random House | ||
| Famous Trials: Cases That Made History | 1995 | Reader's Digest | ||
| Napoleon: A Biography | 1997 | Arcade Publishing | ||
| Carl Gustav Jung: A Biography | 1997 | Thomas Dunne Books | ||
| 1066: The Year of the Three Battles | 1998 | Johnathan Cape | Pimlico | |
| Villa and Zapata: A History of the Mexican Revolution | 2000 | Basic Books | ||
| Wagons West: The Epic Story of America's Overland Trails | 2002 | Grove Press | ||
| 1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World | 2005 | Atlantic Monthly Press | ||
| Lionheart and Lackland: King Richard, King John and the Wars of Conquest* | 2006 | Jonathan Cape | ||
| Marcus Aurelius: Warrior, Philosopher, Emperor | 2009 | Bodley Head | ||
| Heroes and Villains: Inside the Minds of the Greatest Warriors in History | 2009 | Pegasus | ||
| The Burma Campaign: Disaster Into Triumph 1942–45 | 2010 | Bodley Head | 2011 | Yale University Press |
| Captain Cook: Master of the Seas | 2011 | Yale University Press | ||
| The Road Not Taken: How Britain Narrowly Missed a Revolution, 1381–1926 | 2012 | Random House | ||
| Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World | 2015 | Bodley Head | ||
| Bipolar: The South Pole | 2018 | Crux Publishing | ||
| Bipolar: The North Pole |
*Published in the US asRichard and John: Kings at War (2007),Da Capo Press
