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Michael Ignatieff is a writer, historian and former politician. He has taught at Cambridge, Oxford, the University of Toronto and Harvard and is currently university professor at Central European University in Vienna. His books, which have been translated into twelve languages, include Blood and Belonging, Isaiah Berlin, The Needs of Strangers and The Russian Album, all published or forthcoming with Pushkin Press, and On Consolation.Reading Ignatieff's Isaiah Berlin, you feel you are understanding not only Isaiah Berlin, but the history... I do not see how there could be a more insightful, more erudite, biography of this remarkable man
- Doris Lessing, Times Literary Supplement
Well written, thoughtful, this is a fine account of Berlin's life and work
Jewish Chronicle
A work of literature and an eloquent portrait... Though Berlin will be the subject of many future studies, one cannot imagine anyone feeling the need to improve on this biography
Observer
This biography is such a fascinating read because Ignatieff is interested in Berlin the man as well as the thinker... The writing is first-rate
The Critic
Enthralling... An affectionate and admiring, but none the less independently-minded portrait... A serious book, but also a vivid, lively and uplifting one
Evening Standard
A rare gem of a book...It will add a new dimension to the afterlife of the philosopher
Sunday Times