A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR

‘Sisman is the biographer’s biographer’  Church Times

‘Not merely the conclusive homage to a compulsively fascinating character, but an insightful study into the biographical process itself’ Nicholas Shakespeare

 ‘A completely fascinating and revelatory book, written with great sagacity, candour and judiciousness’  William Boyd

‘Scrupulous…psychologically astute’  The Times

‘A fascinating examination of the biographer's art’  Washington Post

‘Revealing ... shocking’  Observer

‘Enlightening’ Wall Street Journal

‘Intriguing’  Spectator

‘Sisman here is, as always, readable, honest, careful’  Arts Desk

‘Scintillating’ Oldie

‘Fascinating’ New Statesman

‘Future accounts will have to wrestle with the bombshells dropped here’ Publishers Weekly