 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
A MAN OF CONTRADICTIONS
A LIFE OF A. L. ROWSE |
| By: |
Richard Lawrence Ollard |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£18.00 |
|
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for
further information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
0571302858 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571302857 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
18 April, 2013 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Pages: |
388 |
| Description: |
He proclaimed himself a genius and raged against the slightest criticism from fellow scholars; he was a Marxist who despised the 'Idiot People'; he could be generous yet hurled insults at his friends; he inveighed against Puritanism but was himself in many ways a Puritan: A L Rowse was a man of many contradictions. This book tells his story. |
| Synopsis: |
He proclaimed himself a genius and raged against the slightest criticism from fellow scholars; he was a Marxist who despised the 'Idiot People'; he could be generous and affectionate yet hurled insults at his friends; he inveighed against Puritanism but was himself in many ways a Puritan: A. L. Rowse was a man of many contradictions. In this clear-sighted and absorbing biography, Richard Ollard examines the many sides of Rowse's Protean personality to reveal a man who, whatever he was responding to - public affairs, the arts, natural beauty or events in his personal life - did so with tremendous energy and passion. "An urbane study of the celebrated historian". (Antonia Fraser, Daily Mail). "Strikes a perfect balance between the Jekyll Rowse and the Hyde Rowse". (Bevis Hillier, Spectator). "Excellent". (Katherine Duncan-Jones, TLS). |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|