I suppose it was inevitable that I would someday read this biography, which appears to be the most thorough one. It's clearly based on a lot of archival material and has a lot of interesting info, but I do wish the author would keep from psychoanalyzing. Like, he literally says that's what he's doing, and refers to psychoanalysts that he's discussed with.
Samples: "The later emergence of [BPC's brother Henry] as a homosexual personality reflects the disaster of his childhood." "[BPC's] precious first years with his mother were enough to give him a predominantly heterosexual personality."
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"Charles Edward Stuart", by Frank McLynn (1988)
Date: 2024-02-15 08:23 am (UTC)Samples:
"The later emergence of [BPC's brother Henry] as a homosexual personality reflects the disaster of his childhood."
"[BPC's] precious first years with his mother were enough to give him a predominantly heterosexual personality."
WTF??