Stephen remains a popular subject for historical study: David Crouch suggests that after King John he is "arguably the most written-about medieval king of England".

It is also one of the most written-about, so there is no need to say much here, except to note that one of its best qualities is that it appears to be an artful expedient rather than an artistic expression.

The Second World War is by far the most written-about conflict in history - in addition to the exhaustive multivolume official histories issued by all the major belligerents, important monographs have dealt with every theater, campaign and major battle.

To date more than 100 non-fiction works deal exclusively with the Jack the Ripper murders, making it one of the most written-about true-crime subjects.

Instead he wound up being virtually the most written-about player.

In the year leading up to the release of their first album, Suede were the most written-about band in Britain.

It's not only a big campaign season: The charities take in real money, and the news articles boost ticket sales during the most written-about part of the season.

He and Toni Morrison were the most written-about living American novelists of their time.

"I am the most written-about pianist in the world," he told my colleague Bernard Holland for a 1986 profile in The New York Times.