Books by Nigel Cliff and Complete Book Reviews

Nigel Cliff, Author . Random $26.95 (312p) ISBN 978-0-345-48694-3
A dispute over Shakespeare resulted in a deadly riot on May 10, 1849, at New York City's Astor Place Theatre, where armed militiamen clashed with theatergoers, gangsters and bystanders. In the melee, some 50 soldiers and 50 civilians were...
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Nigel Cliff. Harper, $29.99 (560p) ISBN 978-0-06-173512-7
In this fresh take on the history of the age of discovery, British historian Cliff (The Shakespeare Riots) not only recovers the story of Vasco da Gama's voyages (long overshadowed by Columbus's) for our times. He also uncovers da Gama's complex...
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Nigel Cliff. Harper, $28.99 (496p) ISBN 978-0-06-233316-2
Cliff brilliantly weaves together the politics, personalities, and pianism surrounding the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958. This portrait of a Cold War moment focuses on two remarkable people. The first is Van Cliburn,...
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