Inevitably
your biographer
is getting it all wrong.

His little screen
recapitulates
the few known facts.

With rapidly dabbing
fingertips he coaxes
a workable pattern, till

there it is –
the truth at last!
And you stand condemned

to centuries
of ignominy,
your well-polished plea unheard.

Send Letters To:

The Editor
London Review of Books,
28 Little Russell Street
London, WC1A 2HN

letters@lrb.co.uk

Please include name, address, and a telephone number.

Read anywhere with the London Review of Books app, available now from the App Store for Apple devices, Google Play for Android devices and Amazon for your Kindle Fire.

Sign up to our newsletter

For highlights from the latest issue, our archive and the blog, as well as news, events and exclusive promotions.

Newsletter Preferences