King: The Life of Martin Luther King by Jonathan Eig Paperback Book

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE King by Jonathan Eig The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERVividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eigs King is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. – and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself. He casts fresh light on the King familys origins as well as MLKs complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists. King reveals a minister wrestling with his own human frailties and dark moods, a citizen hunted by his own government, and a man determined to fight for justice even if it proved to be a fight to the death. As he follows MLK from the classroom to the pulpit to the streets of Birmingham, Selma, and Memphis, Eig dramatically re-creates the journey of a man who recast American race relations and became its only modern-day founding father – as well as the nations most mourned martyr. In this landmark biography, Eig gives us an MLK for our times: a deep thinker, a brilliant strategist, and a committed radical who led one of historys greatest movements, and whose demands for racial and economic justice remain as urgent today as they were in his lifetime. Author Biography Jonathan Eig is a former senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal. He is the author of several books, including two highly acclaimed bestsellers, Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig and Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinsons First Season. Visit him at JonathanEig.com. Review Supple, penetrating, heartstring-pulling and compulsively readable ... The first comprehensive biography of King in three decades… and it supplants David J. Garrows 1986 biography Bearing the Cross as the definitive life of King ... [Eigs is] a clean, clear, journalistic voice, one that employs facts the way Saul Bellow said they should be employed, each a wire that sends a current ... Eigs book is worthy of its subject * New York Times *A sober and intimate portrait of Kings short life, and one that cant help but be admiring, given how much King accomplished, and how quickly he did so ... Eig captures the ferocity of the forces that opposed King * New Yorker *Jonathan Eigs magnificent new biography is an overdue attempt to grapple with King in all his complexity ... Eig makes [Kings] courage and moral vision seem all the more exceptional for having come from a man with ordinary flaws * Economist *[A] landmark work of scholarship ... Its the fullness of this portrait, rich in contradictions, that makes King: A Life the definitive biography of a legendary leader * Esquire *King: A Life might be described as a deeply reported psychobiography... infused with the narrative energy of a thriller ... Eig does a particularly nuanced job of conjuring up the mind-set of Coretta Scott King in the years before she emerged as a forceful activist in her own right ... The most compelling account of Kings life in a generation * Washington Post *A fine biography, diligently researched, the analytical passages invariably intelligent and never allowed to impeded the pacy telling of the story * Daily Telegraph *Eig does an excellent job of tracing Kings struggles and self-doubts amid the sudden onslaught of media attention… Each generation ought to grapple with his life and legacy. For those seeking a readable and comprehensive account of Kings life, buttressed by extensive and up-to-date archival and oral history research, Eigs book will remain essential reading – but certainly not the last word on its subject * Guardian *Definitive ... Monumental ... An extraordinary achievement and an essential life of the iconic warrior for social justice * Kirkus Reviews *[A] sweeping biography. Eig gives a rousing recap of Kings triumphs as a civil rights leader ... [A] complex, nuanced portrait ... Eigs evocative prose ably conveys his bravery, charisma, and spell-binding oratory ... An enthralling reappraisal that confirms Kings relevance to todays debates over racial justice * Publishers Weekly *Eigs most original contribution lies in his portrayal of Coretta Scott King, whom he incorporates to a degree unmatched by previous biographers * Times Literary Supplement *The most comprehensive MLK biography to date ... Eig refuses to defang King, instead pushing Americans to recognize the radical nature of his demands for justice and his resistance to not only racism but militarism and capitalism * Booklist *This book is not a demolition job; Eig retains enormous respect for King. Nevertheless, he diligently exposes his manifold flaws, not to mention his persistent dishonesty. [It] serves a useful purpose in bringing a painfully accurate portrayal of King to those who might have swallowed too much hype * The Times *It is the perfect introduction to a titan of 20th-century history: Eig shows us King the legend, but also King the complex and imperfect man -- Tomiwa Owolade * New Statesman, Books of the Year *a fascinating depiction of Martin Luther King Jr – his brilliance, his flaws and his many shameless opponents -- Henry Mance * Financial Times, Books of the Year * Details ISBN1471181030 Author Jonathan Eig ISBN-10 1471181030 ISBN-13 9781471181030 Format Paperback Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd Subtitle The Life of Martin Luther King Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2024-01-04 Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd Year 2023 Publication Date 2023-12-21 UK Release Date 2023-12-21 Pages 688 Alternative 9781471181009 DEWEY 323.092 Illustrations 1x16pp mono Audience General AU Release Date 2024-05-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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