Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History

At the time of his death at the age of 95, Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) was the most famous historian in the world. His books were translated into more than 50 languages and he was as well known in Brazil and Italy as he was in Britain and the United States. In 'A Life in History', Richard Evans tells the story of Hobsbawm as an academic, but also as witness to history itself, and of the 20th century's major political and intellectual currents.