Robert Burns

A Life

By: Ian McIntyre

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Paperback | 8 January 2009 | Edition Number 1

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"The most highly acclaimed modern biography of Scotland's most famous poet
reissued for the 250th anniversary

No other poet excites such fanatical, worldwide devotion as Robert Burns
(otherwise known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's Favourite Son, the Ploughman Poet,
the Bard of Ayrshire or simply the Bard). Ian McIntyre's biography, first
published to mark the bicentenary of Burns's death and revised here for the
250th anniversary of his birth, is still considered the best take on a
notorious and often over-romanticised life.

McIntyre's meticulous use of documentary and archival sources strips away myth
and legend. Here, we meet the man - eminently capable of holding two
contradictory political views at the same time, he was just as capable of being
in love with several women at once. McIntyre also fully evaluates Burns' songs
and poetry and brings to light the importance and quality of his satirical
verse. McIntyre is enthusiastic but always objective and his work brings us the
clearest, most sharply appreciated portrait of this great poet.
"

Industry Reviews

The biography of Burns.

If you read Burns, then buy this. If you don't read Burns, then start. - Economist

McIntyre transports you absolutely into the world of his subject. A shrewd, clear, comprehensive and wonderfully readable portrait of Burns as fallible man and gifted poet. - Financial Times

This biography is a major achievement, not least because the author has managed something not usually the norm in Burns scholarship - impartiality. This is a remarkable book. - Daily Mail

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