Personality and Power by Ian Kershaw politics Shelley had written a “masterpiece”

Shelley had written a “masterpiece” of “worldwide” importance

Unsure of who he really is

he grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the table

said Allan Massie in The Scotsman

Personality and Power by Ian Kershaw politics Shelley had written a “masterpiece”One of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history? The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless contempt for the most basic norms. At the summit of these societies were leaders whose personalities had somehow given them the ability to do