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. 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Evening Standard is a newspaper published in London. ...

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. 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. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, June 20, 1837) gave her name to the historic era. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... Lev Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy  listen (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й; commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy) (September 9 (August 28, O.S.), 1828 – November 20 (November 7, O.S.), 1910) was a Russian novelist, reformer, pacifist and moral thinker, notable for his ideas on nonviolent resistance and... Jesus, also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure in Christianity. ... Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar. ... Photograph of Belloc Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (July 27, 1870 - July 16, 1953) was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. ...

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. Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ... Iris Murdoch Dame Jean Iris Murdoch (July 15, 1919 - February 8, 1999) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher, famed for her series of novels that combine rich characterization and compelling plotlines usually involving ethical or sexual themes. ...

Bibliography

Non-fiction

• The Laird of Abbotsford
• The Life of John Milton
• Hilaire Belloc
• How Can We Know?
• Penfriends From Porlock
• Tolstoy
• C. S. Lewis: A Biography
• Jesus
• The Rise and Fall of the House of Windsor
• Paul
• God's Funeral: The Decline of Faith in Western Civilization
• The Victorians
• Iris Murdoch As I Knew Her
• London: A Short History (2004)

John Milton John Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet, most famous for his blank verse epic Paradise Lost. ... Photograph of Belloc Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (July 27, 1870 - July 16, 1953) was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. ... Coat of arms of Count Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, or Tolstoi (Russian: Толсто́й) is a prominent family of Russian nobility, descending from one Andrey Kharitonovich Tolstoy (i. ... Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar. ... Jesus, also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure in Christianity. ... The House of Windsor, previously called the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, is the Royal House of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ... Paul is a popular Christian name, meaning small. It is taken from Latin. ...

Fiction

• The Sweets of Pimlico
• Unguarded Hours
• Kindly Light
• The Healing Art
• Who Was Oswald Fish?
• Wise Virgin
• Scandal (1983)
• Gentlemen in England
• Love Unknown (1986)
• Stray
• The Vicar of Sorrows
• Dream Children
• My Name Is Legion (2004)
• A Jealous Ghost (forthcoming in 2005)

• a novel sequence referred to as The Lampitt Chronicles:
  • Incline Our Hearts
  • A Bottle in the Smoke
  • Daughters of Albion
  • Hearing Voices
  • A Watch in the Night