Isaiah Berlin: A LifeIsaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for 10 years, before's Berlin's death in November 1997, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his most intimate memories, and his inner conflicts. |
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... Headington House , for a split second his composure deserted him and he stared out across the garden . Then he looked back at me , equanimity restored , and said , " That is the history of the Jews . ' In 1916 Mendel Berlin moved the ...
... Headington House , for a split second his composure deserted him and he stared out across the garden . Then he looked back at me , equanimity restored , and said , " That is the history of the Jews . ' In 1916 Mendel Berlin moved the ...
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... Headington House , listening to music , reading in the downstairs sitting room , the one with the cosy sofas facing out through French windows onto the flower garden , the one with Leonid Pasternak's wonderful late - nineteenth ...
... Headington House , listening to music , reading in the downstairs sitting room , the one with the cosy sofas facing out through French windows onto the flower garden , the one with Leonid Pasternak's wonderful late - nineteenth ...
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... house they had built on the hill above the beach at Paraggi . Down at the beach on the hot August afternoons Isaiah ... Headington House . Claudina , a fine - featured woman with superb culinary taste , provided the meals which became ...
... house they had built on the hill above the beach at Paraggi . Down at the beach on the hot August afternoons Isaiah ... Headington House . Claudina , a fine - featured woman with superb culinary taste , provided the meals which became ...
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