Vincent Cronin

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Vincent Cronin (born May 24, 1924 in Tredegar, Wales) is a British historical, cultural, and biographical writer whose works have been widely translated into European languages. He is known for his biographies of Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, and Napoleon, as well as for his books on the Renaissance.

Cronin was educated at Ampleforth College, Harvard University, and Trinity College, Oxford, from which he graduated with honours in 1947. During the Second World War, he served as a lieutenant in the British Army. In 1949, he married Chantal de Rolland, and they have five children. The Cronins are long-time residents of London, Marbella, and Dragey, in Avranches, Basse-Normandie, where they live at the Manoir de Brion.

In addition to being a recipient of a W.H. Heinemann Award (1955) and a Rockefeller Foundation Award (1958), Cronin is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His father is the Scottish novelist, A. J. Cronin.

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NAME Cronin, Vincent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Historian and Writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Tredegar, Wales
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH