“I think that when one is dead one should be a little bit bolder, so that the rest of us may have some record of how things actually were.”
Quote by Michael Holroyd
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Michael Holroyd
Michael Holroyd is a renowned British biographer known for his in-depth research and vivid storytelling. Born on August 27, 1935, he has been writing since the 1960s and has published numerous biographical works, including biographies of British writers Oscar Wilde and John Boyd Orr. more
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