14 NOVEMBER 1947, page 22

Biography Without A Hero

Nelson. By Carola Oman. (Hodder and Stoughton. 42s.) IT is difficult to pin down the nature of Nelson's genius. The ability to win battles was the result rather than the essence......

Handbook To Tyranny

From Luther to Hitler : The History of Nazi-Fascist Philosophy. By William Montgomery McGovern. (Harrap. 21s.) PROFESSOR MCGOVERN'S book was written before the war in order to......

Parson And Poet

ON finishing this book I wondered whether there is any value in long analytical biographies, since this short life creates with the simp:est means the picture of a man so vivid......