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Tagged: biography

'Roald Dahl' Review: Giant Writer, Not Always Friendly

'Roald Dahl' Review: Giant Writer, Not Always Friendly

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'I always made an awkward bow': John Keats's poignant farewell

'I always made an awkward bow': John Keats's poignant farewell

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‘The Man Who Understood Democracy’ Review: Tocqueville’s Dilemma

‘The Man Who Understood Democracy’ Review: Tocqueville’s Dilemma

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The title of Olivier Zunz's biography of Alexis de Tocqueville—"The Man Who Understood Democracy"—would appear to be a direct appeal to readers who believe democracy is, to use one popular...
'The Trials of Harry S. Truman' Review: Giving Them Hell, Getting It Too

'The Trials of Harry S. Truman' Review: Giving Them Hell, Getting It Too

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'The Child Is the Teacher' Review: Montessori's Unpinned Butterflies

'The Child Is the Teacher' Review: Montessori's Unpinned Butterflies

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‘The Young H.G. Wells’ Review: The Original Futurist

‘The Young H.G. Wells’ Review: The Original Futurist

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Does anyone read H.G. Wells anymore? The question has been asked periodically since his death in 1946, and the answer is invariably a qualified yes. Of Wells’s more than 100 books, his best known...
The Enigma of Robert E. Lee

The Enigma of Robert E. Lee

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O f  all the American icons that have been pushed off their pedestals lately, none has fallen farther and harder than Robert E. Lee. Over the years, Lee was admired by even those who certainly...
How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions

How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions

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Few people have mad decisions as momentous as Eisenhower, nor has one person had to make such a varied range of them. From D-Day to Little Rock, from the Korean War to Cold War crises, from the Red...