A J Cronin Author

Archibald joseph cronin was a scottish novelist dramatist and non fiction writer who was one of the most renowned storytellers of the twentieth century.

A j cronin author. His best known novel the citadel 1937 tells of a scottish doctor in a welsh mining village who shoots up the career ladder in london. 6 1981 montreux switz scottish novelist and physician whose works combining realism with social criticism won a large anglo american readership. To add more books click here. His best known works are the citadel and the keys of the kingdom both of which were made into oscar nominated films.

Looking for books by aj. It has been credited with laying the foundation in great britain for the introduction of the nhs a decade later. Sharpes eagle by b. These are all the books on goodreads for this author.

His works have sold more than twenty million copies and have been translated into numerous languages. Cronin had seen the venues as a medical inspector of mines and later as a doctor in harley street. Cronin a scottish physician whose novels including hatters castle the citadel and the keys of the kingdom made him one of the most popular authors in the english speaking. Cronin first published in 1937 which was groundbreaking in its treatment of the contentious theme of medical ethics.

He received his mb. The citadel is a novel by a. Cronin in full archibald joseph cronin born july 19 1896 cardross dumbartonshire scotdied jan. In 1914 he entered glasgow university to study medicine but his studies were interrupted by world war i in which he served in the british navy as a surgeon sublieutenant.

In 1919 and took a job as a ships surgeon on a passenger liner. Cronin has 96 books on goodreads with 38897 ratings. See all books authored by aj. Scottish doctor and author a.

Archibald joseph cronin 19 july 1896 6 january 1981 was a scottish physician and novelist. Cronin was born in dumbartonshire scotland in 1896. Cronin was a scottish author of nonfiction literature and fiction novels. He is famously known for his novel the citadel published in 1937.