A review by guinness74
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer by Sarah Bakewell

5.0

This book is quite interesting, even if you don't like biographies, or have no idea who Montaigne is. A chance telephone conversation led me to Montaigne, and I stumbled upon this biography while looking for Montaigne's Essays. It took a lot of willpower not to wiki Montaigne to see how it ends before I finished this book, but it was so worth it. Ms. Bakewell has created a book worthy of its subject and now I will settle into the Essays knowing more about the man. Engaging and interesting!