num_pages: 461
description: No poet has attracted such fanatical devotion as Robert Burns. He was, according to Lord Byron, a man of extremes: 'tenderness, roughness -- delicacy, coarseness -- sentiment, sensuality -- dirt and deity'. Ian McIntyre's biography gives a careful analysis of Burns's songs and poetry and strips away the legend to explore what lies beneath. The figure that emerges is sharper, less idealized, perhaps more truly great, than in any previous biography.
language: English
title: Robert Burns: A Life
titlecomplete: Robert Burns: A Life
characters: Robert Burns
genres: Biography
ratings_count: 23
publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers