About the Author

Jeremy D. Popkin is professor of history at the University of Kentucky and the author of six books, including A Short History of the French Revolution.

Reviews

"This is a wonderful study of autobiographies by historians. It is the first such book-length study, and it is composed with great analytic acuity and psychological insight. One of its many strengths is its sophisticated discussion of the recent theoretical literature on autobiography. Jeremy Popkin's method throughout is comparative, and his comparisons are ingenious." - Paul Robinson, Stanford University"