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Author: Robert A Caro
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Imprint: The Bodley Head Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 4.20cm
, Length: 23.20cm
Weight: 0.974kg
ISBN: 9781847926159
ISBN 10: 1847926150
Pages: 912
Publication Date: 04 July 2019
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The greatest biography of our era ... Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics * The Times * A book of radiant excellence ... at the summit of American historical writing ... Proof that we live in a great age of biography * Washington Post * A superb and unique biography ... Meticulous in research, grand in scale, this is a major work that will remain a tower of its kind -- Barbara Tuchman Truly sensational and enthralling ... totally original * Financial Times * By every measure - depth of research, brilliance of conception, the seamless flow of the prose - The Path to Power is a masterpiece of biography * Newsday * Powerful and stirring. A monumental political saga ... it is an overwhelming experience to read The Path to Power * New York Times * Not only a historical but a literary event. An epic biography ... a sweeping, richly detailed portrait ... an awesome achievement * Newsweek *
Not only a historical but a literary event. An epic biography ... a sweeping, richly detailed portrait ... an awesome achievement * Newsweek * Powerful and stirring. A monumental political saga ... it is an overwhelming experience to read The Path to Power * New York Times * By every measure - depth of research, brilliance of conception, the seamless flow of the prose - The Path to Power is a masterpiece of biography * Newsday * Truly sensational and enthralling ... totally original * Financial Times * A superb and unique biography ... Meticulous in research, grand in scale, this is a major work that will remain a tower of its kind -- Barbara Tuchman A book of radiant excellence ... at the summit of American historical writing ... Proof that we live in a great age of biography * Washington Post * The greatest biography of our era ... Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics * The Times *
Author Information
Robert A. Caro has been described as 'the greatest political biographer of our times' (Sunday Times) and 'the most revered historian of his generation' (New York Times). His first book, The Power Broker, published in 1974, was described in 2015 as 'one of the greatest non-fiction works ever written' (Sunday Times) and his ongoing multi-volume work The Years of Lyndon Johnson has been described as 'the greatest biography of our era' (The Times). With these books he has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, twice won the National Book Award and three times won the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has also been awarded virtually every other major literary honour, including the National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama, the highest award in the humanities given in the United States. Born in 1935, he graduated from Princeton University, later became a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and was an investigative reporter for Newsday for six years. He lives with his wife, the writer Ina Caro, in New York City, where he is at work on the fifth and final volume of The Years of Lyndon Johnson.
