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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).

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: theory & methods

• Full title: Man of Contradictions
• Subtitle: A Life of A. L. Rowse
• Author: Richard Lawrence Ollard
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388
• EAN: 9780571302857
• ISBN: 0571302858
• ID: 04897080
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Weight: 408 g
• Dimensions: 139 × 211 × 42 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. April 2013

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