author
John Richard Green
1837–1883
Best known for bringing English history vividly to life for ordinary readers, this Victorian historian wrote with unusual energy and a strong sense that a nation’s story belonged to its people, not just its rulers.
9 Audiobooks
History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216
by John Richard Green
History of the English People, Volume IV
by John Richard Green
History of the English People, Index
by John Richard Green
History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767
by John Richard Green
History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683
by John Richard Green
History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815
by John Richard Green
History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400
by John Richard Green
History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660
by John Richard Green
About the author
Born in Oxford in 1837, John Richard Green was educated at Magdalen College School and Jesus College, Oxford. He was ordained and served in the East End of London, but poor health pushed him away from parish work and toward scholarship.
Green became widely known for A Short History of the English People (1874), a book that helped change how history was written and read. Instead of focusing mainly on kings, battles, and high politics, he paid close attention to social life, religion, culture, and the experiences of ordinary people, which gave his work a fresh and lively feel.
He later worked at Lambeth Palace Library and continued writing despite chronic illness, producing historical and geographical studies before his death in 1883. Though his life was short, his clear, readable style and broad view of national history made him one of the most influential popular historians of his time.