Recovering Ruth: A Biographer's Tale

Rating:
Summary: Beautiful writing about a researcher's quest....
Review: The author not only feels and understands the love of research, he writes of it with eloquence and charm. It reminds me of sections of Robert Penn Warren's ALL THE KING'S MEN, the quest to uncover the hidden truth. Or Byatt's POSSESSION. It is that good.

This author understands history. This author understands style. There are literary references and refreshing asides. It is a marvelous book.

My only regret is that I could not obtain it in hardcover--a luxurious gold gilted edition, say, with easy-to-read print, its own ribbon bookmark, and an annotated index. But it reads fine like it is. Highly recommended.

Rating:
Summary: Beautiful writing about a researcher's quest....
Review: The author not only feels and understands the love of research, he writes of it with eloquence and charm. It reminds me of sections of Robert Penn Warren's ALL THE KING'S MEN, the quest to uncover the hidden truth. Or Byatt's POSSESSION. It is that good.

This author understands history. This author understands style. There are literary references and refreshing asides. It is a marvelous book.

My only regret is that I could not obtain it in hardcover--a luxurious gold gilted edition, say, with easy-to-read print, its own ribbon bookmark, and an annotated index. But it reads fine like it is. Highly recommended.