“Some of Britain’s leading authors and academics are embroiled in a row over anonymous reviews on Amazon that prompted furious emails, legal threats and an astonishing confession. Orlando Figes, professor of history at Birkbeck College, London, and author of a book on Stalin, has named his wife as the author of comments criticising books written by other renowned scholars as being ‘dark and pretentious’ and ‘critically dull’ …” (more)
[Alastair Jamieson, Sunday Telegraph, 18 April]