Books by Peter Levi and Complete Book Reviews
Peter Levi, Author George Weidenfeld & Nicholson $16.95 (228p) ISBN 978-1-55584-197-3
Levi, professor of poetry at Oxford, who once lived in a religious order, observes that the monastic life is not confined to Christianity or to the West. In this engaging survey of monasticism, he touches on many historical highlights, from Indian...
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Peter Levi, Author Scribner Book Company $30 (0p) ISBN 978-0-684-19662-6
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) was the lyric spokesman of the Victorian era, serving as England's poet laureate for more than 40 years. Although Levi ( The Life and Times of William Shakespeare ) has carefully researched his subject, his great...
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Peter Levi, Author St. Martin's Press $27.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-312-15116-4
This is probably not the best book for someone new to Milton's work or his life. Despite the subtitle, Milton's complicated family affairs are mentioned only in passing and his equally tortuous political writings are examined mostly for what they...
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Peter Levi, Author St. Martin's Press $27.95 (248p) ISBN 978-0-312-19352-2
Author of several books on natural history, including The Wolf Almanac, Busch returns with an account of the time he spent photographing grizzly bears in a pristine valley in British Columbia. (He uses pseudonyms for place names in order to protect...
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