Jonathan Sumption
Nació 9 Dec 1948
Autor británico, historiador medieval, abogado y antiguo juez de alto rango que formó parte del Tribunal Supremo del Reino Unido
Citas
“Success is admirable in a king, but failure is compelling and usually better recorded.”
Edward III: A Heroic Failure, Chapter 1En inglés “In chess, the capture of the king marks the end of the game. In politics, it may be only the beginning.”
Edward III: A Heroic Failure, Chapter 4En inglés “The government of Mortimer and Isabella was intensely hated. It proved to be just as vindictive, despotic and unstable as that of the Despensers but a great deal less competent.”
Edward III: A Heroic Failure, Chapter 1En inglés “Finance was always Edwards III’s weak point. He had little understanding of the problems of taxation or credit and was bored by administration.”
Edward III: A Heroic Failure, Chapter 3En inglés
Citas de Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0), elegidas con IA.
Los libros de Jonathan Sumption en orden
Los libros de Jonathan Sumption en el orden en que se publicaron, de Pilgrimage (1975) a Challenges of Democracy (2025).
- 1Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage1975 - 2The Albigensian Crusade
The Albigensian Crusade1978 - 3The Hundred Years War, A Military History
The Hundred Years War, A Military History1990 - 4Edward III
Edward III2016 - 5Juicios De Estado
Juicios De Estado2019 - 6Law in a Time of Crisis
Law in a Time of Crisis2021 - 7Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights2022 - 8Challenges of DemocracyChallenges of Democracy2025