Martin Sharp (journalist)
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Martin Andrew Sharp was an English
historian, long a resident in Spain
. He assumed the name Martin Andrew Sharp Hume as a condition of receiving a legacy from a Spanish-English relative who was a Hume. He was born in London
and was educated at Madrid
. He was the editor of the Spanish State Papers in Simancas
for the Public Record Office
, London. He saw active service with the Turks
in 1878-79, and travelled extensively in Central and South America. Some of his works have a journalistic flavour. Of his writings, these are the most notable:
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
historian, long a resident in Spain
Spain
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. He assumed the name Martin Andrew Sharp Hume as a condition of receiving a legacy from a Spanish-English relative who was a Hume. He was born in London
London
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and was educated at Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
. He was the editor of the Spanish State Papers in Simancas
Simancas
Simancas is a town and municipality of central Spain, located in the province of Valladolid, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León...
for the Public Record Office
Public Record Office
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, London. He saw active service with the Turks
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
in 1878-79, and travelled extensively in Central and South America. Some of his works have a journalistic flavour. Of his writings, these are the most notable:
- The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth (1896; revised edition, 1904)
- Philip II of Spain (1897)
- Spain: Its Greatness and Decay, 1479–1789 (1898; revised by Armstrong, 1913)
- Modern Spain, 1788-1898 (1899; new edition, 1906)
- The Spanish People (1901)
- The Love Affairs of Mary Queen of Scots (1903)
- Spanish Influence on English Literature (1905)
- Queens of Old Spain (1907)
- The Court of Philip IV: Spain in Decadence (1907)
- Two English Queens and Philip (1908)
- Queen Elizabeth and her England (1910)
- True Stories of the Past (1910, published posthumously)