A. N. Wilson

Andrew Norman Wilson (born 1950) is an English writer, known for his biographies, novels and works of popular and cultural history. He is also (as of 2004) a columnist for the London Evening Standard.

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1950 - As of 2004 - Evening Standard

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His particular slant on biography, and to some extent his take on the Victorian era topics he has covered in God's Funeral and The Victorians, can be traced to his early intention to follow a career in the Church of England which he did after training at St Stephen's House, Oxford. His acclaimed life of Leo Tolstoy, and his books on Jesus, C. S. Lewis and Hilaire Belloc, are notable for their deeply informed and also sceptical attitude to religious belief.

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Victorian era - Church of England - St Stephen's House, Oxford - Leo Tolstoy - Jesus - C. S. Lewis - Hilaire Belloc

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Wilson is also noted for mischief, for example in comments on the parentage of Queen Victoria, and his dissenting views, which many found disrespectful, of Iris Murdoch.

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Queen Victoria - Iris Murdoch

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