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For all its charming anecdotes, Mr. Nicolson's book is flatly narrated and lacks Ms. Harris's enthusiasm for Woolf's writing.

The Lives of A Novelist Mira Sethi 2011

For the general reader who wants a more detailed (and perhaps more accessible) account of the time between 1604 and 1611, I strongly recommend Adam Nicolson's "God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible" (2003).

Review of Gordon Campbell's 'Bible,' about the King James Version Jonathan Yardley 2010

For the general reader who wants a more detailed (and perhaps more accessible) account of the time between 1604 and 1611, I strongly recommend Adam Nicolson's "God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible" (2003).

Review of Gordon Campbell's 'Bible,' about the King James Version Jonathan Yardley 2010

For those who want a front-row seat from which to view history in the making, Nicolson's diaries are required reading.

Five Best 2010

For those who want a front-row seat from which to view history in the making, Nicolson's diaries are required reading.

Five Best 2010

For those who want a front-row seat from which to view history in the making, Nicolson's diaries are required reading.

Five Best 2010

Sort of like trying to reconstruct American views on race by looking at the letters to the editor in the Washington Post but Nicolson's book at least in a limited sense does an excellent job.

Men of Honour: Trafalgar and the Making of the English Hero by Adam Nicolson jmnlman 2009

I purchased Vita and Harold with at first no thought of reviewing it and for no other reason than that I have always enjoyed Harold Nicolson's pothole-free prose.

Ikea People 2009

Sort of like trying to reconstruct American views on race by looking at the letters to the editor in the Washington Post but Nicolson's book at least in a limited sense does an excellent job.

Archive 2009-12-01 jmnlman 2009

Alistair Cooke, ever the amiable, erudite host, feels compelled to say that viewers could get the impression that "all the Nicolson's did was make love, and not make love."

Vita &Amp; Violet &Amp; Oh, Yes, Harold 2008