Paul Johnson

The man who knew so much

Enlightening: Letters 1946-1960, by Isaiah Berlin, edited by Henry Hardy and Jennifer Homes The Book of Isaiah: Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin, edited by Henry Hardy

  • Enlightening: Letters 1946-1960

    Isaiah Berlin, edited by Henry Hardy and Jennifer Homes

    Chatto, pp. 844

  • The Book of Isaiah: Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin

    Henry Hardy

    Boydell & Brewer, pp. 336

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