Books like Saint Patrick Retold
12 books with a reading profile close to Saint Patrick Retold by Roy Flechner. Deep and outward-looking; a moderate read.
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Stravinsky
Also outward-looking · history, biography
In this biography, Stephen Walsh reconstructs the first fifty years of Igor Stravinsky’s life, spanning his upbringing in tsarist Russia to his established career in 1930s France.
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A Shostakovich Casebook
Also deep · history, biography
Malcolm Hamrick Brown’s collection analyzes the legitimacy of Solomon Volkov’s Testimony, a memoir claiming to represent Dmitri Shostakovich’s private anti-Soviet sentiments.
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George Cukor
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Patrick McGilligan chronicles the life and career of George Cukor, focusing on his survival as a gay man within the rigid Hollywood studio system.
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Arnold Schoenberg Letters
history, biography
This collection gathers the personal and professional correspondence of the Austrian composer, spanning his life from 1910 through his late years in the United States.
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Leonardo da Vinci
by Martin Kemp
Also deep and outward-looking · history, biography
Martin Kemp presents a cohesive analysis of Leonardo da Vinci’s career by linking his artistic output to his scientific inquiries.
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Also deep and outward-looking · history, biography
Robert Caro’s biography tracks the career of Robert Moses, a public official who reshaped New York through the construction of bridges, highways, and public parks without ever being elected to office.
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Napoleon: A Life
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Andrew Roberts utilizes thirty-three thousand recently published letters to reconstruct the daily reality of Napoleon Bonaparte’s administration and military campaigns.
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The Life of Elizabeth I
by Alison Weir
history, biography
Alison Weir chronicles the private life and political reign of the last Tudor monarch, focusing on the tension between Elizabeth’s persona as the Virgin Queen and her actual relationships.
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
by Ron Chernow
Also deep and outward-looking · history, biography
Ron Chernow reconstructs the life of the architect of the Standard Oil Trust, tracing John D.
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Grant
by Ron Chernow
Also deep and outward-looking · history, biography
Ron Chernow’s biography provides a comprehensive account of Ulysses S.
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic
Angela Davis connects disparate liberation efforts through a framework of intersectional internationalism.
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