Brief Lives: Twentieth Century Pen Portraits From The Dictionary Of National Biography; Editor: Matthew, Colin; Paperback; Standard Hardcover size

Editor: Matthew, Colin
Paperback; Standard Hardcover size
620 pages
Published: October 1999
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192800892
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Drawn from the archives of the Dictionary of National Biography, this collection of sharply drawn portraits offers a rich cross-section of the men and women who shaped Britain's identity inthe twentieth century. The DNB is an unrivalled record of modern British thought and achievement, combining critical insight with lively prose, entertaining anecdotes, and private data. Brief lives contains many of the best articles from the twentieth-century supplements to the DNB, collected for the first time in a single, affordable volume.150 pen portraits of some of the men and women who have helped shape British national life this century. New in paperback. Drawn from the archives of The Dictionary of National Biography and collected in a single volume, Brief Lives consists of 150 profiles of those who have helped shape British national life in the 20th century. The articles include Alan Bennett on Russell Harty and David Cecil on Virgina Woolf.