A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century

A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century

The New York Times BestsellerWilliam F. Buckley, Jr. remembers—as only he could—the towering figures of the twentieth century in a brilliant and emotionally powerful collection, compiled by acclaimed …

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