Bernard Shaw: The One-Volume Definitive Edition

by Michael Holroyd

Overview

"We regard Mr. Holroyd with awe, as a prodigy among biographers."—The New York Times Book Review

In a single-volume format, Michael Holroyd's masterpiece of a biography offers new verve and pace; Shaw's world is more dramatically revealed as Holroyd counterpoints the private and public Shaw with inimitable insight and scholarship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393343717
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	01/09/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	864
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Michael Holroyd has written celebrated biographies of Hugh Kingsmill, Augustus John, and Bernard Shaw, as well as the acclaimed Basil Street Blues and Mosaic. He lives in London with his wife.

Editorial Reviews

...Shaw's 50 dramatic works [are] summarized and commented upon, along with his novels, prefaces and pamphlets.
— The New York Times Book Review

Michael Anderson