Matthew Parris, presenter of Great Lives on BBC Radio 4, explores the surprising connection between trauma and greatness through vivid case histories.
Matthew Parris worked for the Foreign Office before serving as an MP. He now writes as a columnist for The Times and the Spectator, and has previously won the Best Columnist award at the British Press Awards. He is the author of several books, including his biography Chance Witness, the bestselling The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase and a compendium of the world's greatest insults, Scorn.
'Graceful and considered ... an elegant, compassionate and
wide-ranging tribute to the resilience of humans' - The Times
'Parris has a feel for language, a sense of history and a wonderful
wit' - Scotland on Sunday
'Parris is a skilful entertainer, who informs as well as amuses.' -
Literary Review
'I learned a lot reading this ... the strength of Fracture is that
it is very much like a cracking radio script: entertaining and easy
to digest' - Spectator
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