Best Biography

[MikeK]

There've been some interesting responses for the best autobiography, so I guess that begs the companion question, what is your favorite biography?

Mine is Joseph Frank's 5 Volume bio of Dostoevsky. I also really enjoy Richard Brookhiser's bios of America's founders. He's done Washington, Hamilton, the Adamses, and Gouverner Morris.

[ShoutGrace]

My favorite biography was Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, written by Mark Twain. This book is semi-fictional, so I'm not sure if it qualifies as a biography in that sense. It is, however, a well written, beautiful story concerning real historical events. The only Mark Twain work I have really enjoyed, and have enjoyed it immensely. One of my top five novels.