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On the trail of another man, the biographer must put up with finding himself at every turn: any biography uneasily shelters an autobiography within it.

Paul Murray Kendall

The biographer does not trust his witnesses, living or dead.

Paul Murray Kendall

[The biographer] must be as ruthless as a board meeting smelling out embezzlement, as suspicious as a secret agent riding the Simplon-Orient Express, as cold-eyed as a pawnbroker viewing a leaky concertina.

Paul Murray Kendall

Paul Murray Kendall

Paul Murray Kendall

Born: March 1, 1911

Died: November 21, 1973 (aged 62)

Bio: Paul Murray Kendall was an American academic and historian.

Known for:

Louis XI (1970)
Richard the Third (1955)
The Yorkist age (1962)
Richard III (1965)
The story of land warfare (1957)

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