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 | #2834810 in Books |  2000-02-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.50 x1.30 x5.25l,1.33 | File type: PDF | 367 pages

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||23 of 27 people found the following review helpful.| The Dons Displayed|By Mika Fischer|Annan provides memorable portraits of many Oxbridge dons, even as he shows how different from our own were the eras in which these men (and, far too belatedly, women) worked. For example, consider the following:
** The two opiates to be avoided at all costs were love of success and a preoccupation with money. Lowes Dickinson's most famo| |For all its detached wit, The Dons is suffused with love. That it is the love for a lost or disappearing world does not make it morbid or maudlin. -- The New York Times Book , Garry Wills|From the Inside Flap

For two hundred years Oxford and Cambridge Universities were home to some of Britain's greatest teachers and intellects, each forming the minds of the passing generations of students and influencing the thinking and practice of university learning throughout the country and the world.

In this entertaining, informative book, Noel Annan is at his incisive best. Displaying his customary mastery of his subject, he describes the great dons in all their glory and e...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses   |  Noel Annan. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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