Word: sorel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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WORD PEOPLE by Nancy Caldwell Sorel. Illustrated by Edward Sorel. 304 pages. American Heritage...
...hesitates to be philippic (thank you, Philip of Macedonia), but there is much that fails to mesmerize (see Mes-mer's magnetic theory). In contrast to her husband's illustrations, Nancy Sorel treats her subjects blandly. "Lord Cardigan (of sweater fame) took as his third wife the beautiful Adeline de Horsey. They lived happily together until he died at the age of 71 of injuries he received when he fell from his horse." Too bad as well that the writers bypass the kind of speculation that occurs to the reader immediately. Leopold von Sacher-Masoch might just...