Synopses & Reviews
Review
"This biography of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of El Alamein has everything going for it but insight into its subject. A protégé of Montgomery, Nigel Hamilton had access to materials that constitute a biographer's dream, and yet the result is a disappointingly lifeless, flat, and ultimately boring account. That such a nasty little man as Montgomery should have risen to such heights is a remarkable story; that someone close to him in his last
years proves unable to tell it in a satisfactory manner is vexing. We shall have to wait for a more skillful investigator to tell us Monty's real story." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)