Author |
Notes |
Book |
Reference |
Notes |
Lennig, Arthur |
"...a respected film historian...with a passionate determination to set all records straight..." |
Stroheim (2000) |
NYTBR, 27 February 2000 |
A biography of the mercurial and aristrocratic silent film director, a personal hero for having created Greed, now lost in its original nine-and-a-half hour version. |
McKenzie, Steven L. |
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King David: A Biography (2000) |
NYTBR, 18 June 2000 |
"A biblical scholar cross-examines the Old Testament to get at the truth behind King David." |
Rayfield, Donald |
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Anton Chekhov: A Life (1998) |
NYTBR, 15 March 1998 |
Removes Chekhov from his pedestal without savaging him. |
Robb, Peter |
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M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio (2000) |
NYTBR, 5 March 2000 |
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Secrest, Meryle |
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Stephen Sondheim: A Life (1998) |
NYTBR, 2 August 1998 |
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Sugden, John |
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Tecumseh: A Life (1998) |
NYTBR, 19 April 1998 |
Tecumseh interests me from his presence as a character in Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker series, and from my own recent reading about the Cherokee nation and its opposition to his plans (Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation, John Ehle, 1988; an excellent, engaging historical retelling). |
Wolff, Christoph |
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician (2000) |
NYTBR, 9 April 2000 |
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