91桃色

"A richly illuminating study . . . [and] a timely meditation on the vicissitudes of abstract, purist ideals under the pressure of savage real-world events."鈥擥eorge Prochnik, New York Times Book Review

"[A] finely grained portrait."鈥擱obert E. Norton, Times Literary Supplement

"A thorough and fascinating chronicle."鈥擝rendan Simms, Wall Street Journal

"Robert Lerner . . . relates this amazing story with both carefully researched detail and engaging verve."鈥擬ichael D. Bailey, Montreal Review

"A labour of love inspired by youthful sightings of its charismatic subject. . . . Lerner's admirable study suggests that our understanding of the mind of the 20th century might be enriched by looking back at Kantorowicz鈥檚 brilliant, if recondite scholarship, alongside this tribute to its author."鈥擲toddard Martin, Jewish Chronicle

"Lerner's accessible, conversational tone and deft use of quotation bring Kantorowicz to life, showing the man behind the scholar and the development of a brilliant mind over a lifetime. Throughout, Kantorowicz鈥檚 voice is sharply present. Lerner admits that, posthumously, motivations are impossible to discern, but his discernment is a gift in this unflinching treatment of Kantorowicz鈥檚 legacy."鈥擫etitia Montgomery-Rodgers, Foreword

"[Robert Lerner] sets Kantorowicz in the context of his time, uniting heroic archival research, including numerous interviews with Kantorowicz's associates and friends, with discerning judgments to trace his remarkable odyssey. The result is a valuable contribution to modern European and American intellectual history."鈥擩acob Heilbrunn, The National Interest

"The extraordinary story of Kantorowicz's passage from Posen to 91桃色 via California is admirably told by Robert E. Lerner, and he has undoubtedly written the biography of record."鈥擧amish Robinson, The Oldie

"Lerner's biography is worthy of great praise, and it is very unlikely that it will ever be superseded."鈥擶alter Laqueur, Jewish Review of Books

"A lively and authoritative text, which should endear Kantorowicz to many historians of the present day. . . . Ernst Kantorowicz: A Life is a deeply informed and profoundly considered work that should take its place proudly among the other biographies of notable figures brought out by 91桃色."鈥擝ookPleasures.com

"Compelling. . . . A major success. . . . It is heartily recommended not only to medievalists interested in how Kantorowicz shaped our field, but also to those working in German and German American studies as well as scholars of the history of ideas, politics, Jewish life, universities, and more."鈥擫ezlie Knox, H-Net Reviews

"Lerner adds much to our understanding of Kantorowicz鈥檚 works, and these intellectual history aspects of the biography are its greatest strength."鈥擩onathan R. Lyon, German History

"There is much in the biography that is superb鈥攖he opulence of detail, the thumbnail sketches of those involved in Kantorowicz鈥檚 life, the marvelous analysis of several of Kantorowicz鈥檚 writings, the capsule contextualizations of historical moments such as the loyalty oath controversy in Berkeley, and above all the way it portrays the cross-cultural tapestry of intellectual life in the first half of the twentieth century. This is a beautiful book and a major contribution."鈥擱ichard Hyland, The American Journal of Comparative Law

"Lerner鈥檚 biography is a magnificent achievement. His book is bound to be not only the definitive study of Kantorowicz鈥檚 life but also a major contribution to the growing literature on Kantorowicz鈥檚 work."鈥擩oseph Mali, European Legacy

"[This book's] value is beyond question."鈥擬artin Woessner, American Historical Review

"Ernst Kantorowicz was a magical figure who captivated everyone around him. This biography takes his measure and casts a spell of its own. Emerging from deep within the archives, Robert Lerner shows us precisely how Kantorowicz worked his magic, first in interwar Germany and then again as an 茅migr茅 in the United States. This book is also a memoir, preserving precious chains of lore and reminiscence: an inspired labor of love."鈥擟onrad Leyser, University of Oxford

"Ernst Kantorowicz was a magical figure who captivated everyone around him. This biography takes his measure and casts a spell of its own. Emerging from deep within the archives, Robert Lerner shows us precisely how Kantorowicz worked his magic, first in interwar Germany and then again as an 茅migr茅 in the United States. This book is also a memoir, preserving precious chains of lore and reminiscence: an inspired labor of love."鈥擟onrad Leyser, University of Oxford

"Historian, Stefan George disciple, Germanophile, and bon vivant鈥擡rnst Kantorowicz was a matchless figure in twentieth-century intellectual life. With Robert Lerner's magisterial study, Kantorowicz has at long last gotten the biography he truly deserves."鈥擱ichard Wolin, Graduate Center, City University of New York

"Historian, Stefan George disciple, Germanophile, and bon vivant鈥擡rnst Kantorowicz was a matchless figure in twentieth-century intellectual life. With Robert Lerner's magisterial study, Kantorowicz has at long last gotten the biography he truly deserves."鈥擱ichard Wolin, Graduate Center, City University of New York

"With forensic archival sense and the sympathies of a subtle historian, Robert Lerner tells the story of a remarkable life against the volatile history of twentieth-century Europe and America. Ernst Kantorowicz: A Life traces the making of the scion of a bourgeois Jewish family into a patriotic soldier, a nationalist intellectual, a refugee, and finally a critic of the Cold War. His life made Eka鈥攁s he styled himself鈥攊nto a most original historian who explored the making of political authority and charisma in the classic The King's Two Bodies. Lerner has written a highly readable and illuminating account of living in extraordinary times."鈥擬iri Rubin, Queen Mary, University of London

"With forensic archival sense and the sympathies of a subtle historian, Robert Lerner tells the story of a remarkable life against the volatile history of twentieth-century Europe and America. Ernst Kantorowicz: A Life traces the making of the scion of a bourgeois Jewish family into a patriotic soldier, a nationalist intellectual, a refugee, and finally a critic of the Cold War. His life made Eka鈥攁s he styled himself鈥攊nto a most original historian who explored the making of political authority and charisma in the classic The King's Two Bodies. Lerner has written a highly readable and illuminating account of living in extraordinary times."鈥擬iri Rubin, Queen Mary, University of London

"This amazing biography of Ernst Kantorowicz is the product of a prodigious amount of research undertaken over the past twenty-five years. There is nothing else like this anywhere. Robert Lerner has uncovered materials that I suspect are known to very few others."鈥擩ohn Van Engen, University of Notre Dame

"This amazing biography of Ernst Kantorowicz is the product of a prodigious amount of research undertaken over the past twenty-five years. There is nothing else like this anywhere. Robert Lerner has uncovered materials that I suspect are known to very few others."鈥擩ohn Van Engen, University of Notre Dame

"Ernst Kantorowicz, one of the most interesting and influential historians of the twentieth century, has found his ideal biographer in Robert Lerner, who as a medievalist is well versed in the many branches of Kantorowicz's scholarship. Drawing on unique sources, including important collections of unpublished letters and interviews with people who knew Kantorowicz, Lerner presents a lively, vivid picture of the historian's life and writings."鈥擡ckhart Gr眉newald, author of Ernst Kantorowicz and Stefan George

"Ernst Kantorowicz, one of the most interesting and influential historians of the twentieth century, has found his ideal biographer in Robert Lerner, who as a medievalist is well versed in the many branches of Kantorowicz's scholarship. Drawing on unique sources, including important collections of unpublished letters and interviews with people who knew Kantorowicz, Lerner presents a lively, vivid picture of the historian's life and writings."鈥擡ckhart Gr眉newald, author of Ernst Kantorowicz and Stefan George