Schlesinger, Richard Aldous
Schlesinger, Richard Aldous
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Schlesinger
The Imperial Historian

Author: Richard Aldous

Narrator: Norman Dietz

Unabridged: 18 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/10/2017

Synopsis

Arthur Schlesinger Jr. (1917–2007), known today as the architect of John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy—and the myth of Camelot—blazed an extraordinary path from Harvard University to wartime London to the West Wing. The son of a pioneering historian—and a two-time Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner in his own right—Schlesinger redefined the art of presidential biography. A Thousand Days, his bestselling record of the Kennedy administration, remains immensely influential and has cemented Schlesinger's place as one of the nation's greatest political image makers.

In this vivid account of Schlesinger's life and career, biographer Richard Aldous draws on oral history, rarely seen archival documents, and the official Schlesinger papers to craft an invaluable portrait of a brilliant and controversial historian who framed America's rise to global empire. Schlesinger promises to transform our understanding of one of the key figures of the twentieth-century American intellectual elite.

About Richard Aldous

Richard Aldous is a professor of history at Bard College, where he holds the Eugene Meyer Chair. He is the author and editor of eleven books, including The Lion and the Unicorn and Reagan and Thatcher. Aldous is a contributor to television and radio on both sides of the Atlantic, and his writing appears regularly in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times Book Review, and the American Interest, where he is a contributing editor. He lives in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean on December 26, 2019

This is the biography of Arthur Schlesinger (1917-2007). Aldous tells of Arthur’s life at Exeter, Harvard, Cambridge and then as a fellow at Harvard University. It was at that point he began his work on “The Age of Jackson” for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1946. His career was managed by his f......more

Goodreads review by Steven on November 17, 2019

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary a “gadfly” is “a person who stimulates or annoys other people especially by persistent criticism.” According to Richard Aldous, in his new biography, SCHLESINGER: THE IMPERIAL HISTORIAN, the definition fits Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.’s role as Special Assi......more

Goodreads review by Marshall on July 08, 2018

This is a good book, but I think Schlesinger sacrificed much for his proximity to power. It is interesting to note just how little he accomplished with this closeness to authority. The author devotes much space to the great days of the New Frontier where Schlesinger hovers around the margins of powe......more

Goodreads review by Bill on January 18, 2018

Historian Richard Aldous presents a remarkably well-balanced and informative, biography of one of the preeminent historians of the modern age, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. At the young age of 28, the Ohio born historian won a Pulitzer Prize in history for the “Age of Jackson,” still considered a classic to......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on November 08, 2017

This is a fascinating focus on the distinguished historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. as a political and educational force in the mid twentieth century. As the precocious son of an established historian Arthur Jr. made his mark early on with the Age of Jackson and then the Age of Roosevelt. However Arth......more

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