The Letters of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.Edited by Andrew Schlesinger and Stephen Schlesinger(Random House, 631 pages, $35) Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. never…

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Diaries 1924-1933: The Prodigal Son Serge Prokofiev, translated and annotated by Anthony Phillips (Cornell University Press, 1,125 pages, $60) Lina…

Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century By Paul Kildea (Allen Lane, 665 pages, $45) THANKS TO THE CENTENARY…