Contemporary Review, August 1st, 1993
Dominic Lieven. John Murray. 292pp. 19.99[pounds]. 0 7195 4994 9.
It may be argued that seldom do academic historians, or novelists for that matter, make good biographers. Academics tend to be concerned more with issues than with people, partly because reputable universities do not allow doctoral theses to be biographies, partly because of natural inclinations. (The worst example this reviewer ever read was a biography which did not mention that its subject had died.) While there are, of course, exceptions, like Lord Blake, they tend to prove the rule. In some cases, however, to write a bio...
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