The subtitle here is “His Times, His Crimes,” and as much as
I wanted it to be “His Life and Crimes,” the subtitle works. The book is a little
over four hundred pages and there is a lot of the historical context baked in –
much more than in a typical biography. Ali also covers his crimes, bringing to
light things I didn’t know about the man. For example, his repression of a popular
government in Greece in the post war era isn’t talked about much. The man was
the spoiled child of the late Victorian elite and through his class position
and the historical circumstances, his reputation gets elevated. This new
biography shows why that is wrong.
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