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The Vices of Integrity

E. H. Carr, 1892-1982

Jonathan Haslam author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Verso Books

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In Edward Hallet Carr's definitive biography Jonathan Haslam paints a compelling portrait of a man torn between a vicarious identification with the romance of revolution and the ruthless realism of his own intellectual formation.

... fine, thorough, well-balanced. * Sunday Telegraph *
1999 Outstanding Academic Book of the Year. * Choice *
A penetrating, lucid, intellectual biography. -- George Steiner
A remarkable biography of a fascinating figure and in this case not 'too soon'. * The Guardian *
Excellent results for our understanding of this unusually complicated and highly individualistic historian, but also for our understanding of his times. * the National Interest *
Haslam charts with thoroughness every twist and turn in Carr's long odyssey, which was marked with ferocious independence of thought. * History Today *
This book will probably remain Carr's definitive biography. * Times Literary Supplement *

  • Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1999

ISBN: 9781859842898

Dimensions: 236mm x 157mm x 24mm

Weight: 824g

320 pages