- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Constable (8 Jan 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1845294696
- ISBN-13: 978-1845294694
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 275,948 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Meticulously researched and beautifully written. --Beautiful Britain
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The most highly acclaimed modern biography of Scotland’s most famous poet reissued for the 250th anniversary.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This is such a readable book that you don't notice the meticulous research and referencing. I felt I knew not only Burns but his many friends, lovers and correspondents. Whichever way you look at Burns he is an enigma. McIntyre does not gloss over Burns's questionable choices and sexual incontinence, nor does he try the retrospective cod psychology which is so prevalent in modern biography. You are free to make your own mind up. As I started to read this book I knew and loved many of Burns's works and that love has been enhanced in some cases by finding out more about the circumstances of Burns's writing them but, beware, I have been sadly disillusioned in others. Burns was seemingly capable of quite monstrous chutzpah and disingenuity often for very slight discernible reason. He was also pretty much of a loser although a tremendously sparkling and charismatic one. I would have loved to have met him - I think.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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A well-written and absorbing story of the Life of Robert Burns. It takes the reader chronologically through events in his life, incorporating poems and letters he wrote or received, and also puts these into historical context so that the reader gets a better feel for what was shaping Burns' thoughts and actions at the time of writing. What I especially liked about this book is that the writer doesn't attempt to pass judgement, or to speculate too much on the reasons for Burns' life choices, but simply tells the tale and allows the reader to draw his or her own conclusions.
This book isn't 'dry' or scholarly, and is well worth reading.
This book isn't 'dry' or scholarly, and is well worth reading.
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