A sweeping biography, impressively researched and absorbingly written, of the charismatic immigrant who stood at the vortex of mid-20th-century American art.

Whatever else one thinks of "Shakespeare: A Life," the latest and by no means last contribution to the Bardic industry, the timing of Park Honan's impressively researched biography cannot be faulted.

In 1912 he published an impressively researched study of Morocco in Diplomacy and became Liberal candidate for Birkenhead.

It is "lucidly written, impressively researched, closely argued," our reviewer, Irving Howe, wrote in 1978.

Schiff's impressively researched account of Franklin's eight years as a diplomat in Paris shows why he was an ideal choice for the mission.

But Maguire's impressively researched, if indifferently written, biography leaves no doubt that the person who was "really in charge" was Sullivan himself.

Keiler's impressively researched book supplements and supersedes Anderson's 1956 autobiography, a typically guarded affair.

"American Jesus" is well written, judiciously argued and impressively researched.

Well reasoned and impressively researched, "Migrations and Cultures" is, in the end, a formidable achievement.

The background material, placed at the end of the book, is impressively researched and consistently thought provoking.