He was educated at Ampleforth College, Harvard University, the Sorbonne, and Trinity College, Oxford, from which he graduated with honours in 1947, earning a degree in Literae Humaniores. Cronin, and May Gibson, but moved to London at the age of two. Cronin was born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, to Scottish doctor and novelist, A. Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin FRSL ( – 25 January 2011) was a British historical, cultural, and biographical writer, best 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.Il est connu pour ses biographies de Louis XIV, Louis XVI et Marie Antoinette, Catherine II de Russie et Napoléon, aussi bien que pour ses livres sur la Renaissance. Vincent Cronin ( - 25 janvier 2011) est un homme de lettres britannique, biographe, et historien.Januar 2011 in Marbella, Andalusien, Spanien) war ein britischer Autor, der sich vorwiegend mit Themen der Geschichte und mit Biographien von geschichtlichen Persönlichkeiten befasste. Mai 1924 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, damals England, heute Wales † 25. Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin, FRSL (* 24.Tracking number will be supplied once your shipment has been been processed. We recommend Aramex courier as a fast no-contact delivery method available to all destinations within South Africa.

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Louis XIV by Vincent Cronin