Robert Burns: A Life
A Life
$33.49
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
8 January 2009
Summary
No other poet excites such fanatical, worldwide devotion as Robert Burns (otherwise known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland’s Favourite Son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire or simply the Bard). Ian McIntyre’s biography, first published to mark the bicentenary of Burns’s death and revised here for the 250th anniversary of his birth, is still considered the best take on a notorious and often over-romanticised life.
McIntyre’s meticulous use of documentary and archival sources strips aw…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845294694 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1845294696 |
| Author: | Ian McIntyre |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 8 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 342g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 38mm |
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The biography of Burns.
The biography of Burns.
If you read Burns, then buy this. If you don’t read Burns, then start. - EconomistMcIntyre transports you absolutely into the world of his subject. A shrewd, clear, comprehensive and wonderfully readable portrait of Burns as fallible man and gifted poet. - Financial TimesThis biography is a major achievement, not least because the author has managed something not usually the norm in Burns scholarship - impartiality. This is a remarkable book. - Daily MailAbout The Author
Ian McIntyre
Ian McIntyre was Controller of BBC Radio 3 for nine years and is a former associate editor of The Times. He is also the author of Hester: The remarkable life of Dr Johnson’s ‘Dear Mistress’, as well as biographies of Joshua Reynolds, Garrick and the BBC’s first Director-General, John Reith. He still broadcasts and is a regular contributor to The Times.
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