" The bar was our altar " Biographer Andrew Lycett ascribed the demise of Thomas ' health to an alcoholic co-dependent relationship with his wife, who deeply resented his affairs.

Biographer Andrew Lycett calls him a " spendthrift playboy " who ( with his brother Denis ) " used the Conan Doyle estate as a milch-cow ".

Biographer Andrew Walmsley observes that Hutchinson at this stage seriously underestimated the impact of these attacks in building a coherent opposition to crown control, and in the damage it was doing to his own reputation.

Biographer Andrew Cook is sceptical about Reilly's involvement in the D ' Arcy Affair, for in February 1904, Reilly was purportedly still in Port Arthur, Manchuria.

Biographer Andrew Morton noted that most of Madonna's admirers were females, who were born-and-brought-up with an image of old-fashioned stereotypes of women as virginal brides, or as whores, or with feminist values that rejected the use of a woman's looks for her self-advancement.

Biographer Stephen Henderson writes that the war had made him " more serious and less self-confident ", but " struck by the willingness of so many to march to horrible deaths in the name of an abstract principle ".

Biographer Stuart Schram would later comment that during the period between 1925 and 1927, Mao was closer to the Kuomintang than he was to the Communist Party, something he attributed to Mao's belief that the good of China was more important than the cause of socialism.

Biographer Clarice Stasz states that it is " not autobiography ," but speaks of his " frank borrowing from his life with Charmian " and says it is " psychologically valid as a mirror of events during winter 1912 – 13.

Biographer Robert Gittings suggests " Ode on Indolence " was written on 4 May 1819, based upon Keats's report about the weather during the ode's creation ; Douglas Bush insists it was written after " Nightingale ", " Grecian Urn ", and " Melancholy ".

Biographer Susan Baker writes that Hofstadter, " was profoundly influenced by the political Left of the 1930's .... The philosophical impact of Marxism was so intense and direct during Hofstadter's formative years that it formed a major part of his identity crisis ....

Biographer Richard Bowen notes that, unusually, " Koizumi was not interned and indeed suffered no restrictions " during this time ( p. 319 ).

" Biographer Trefousse indicates that Johnson's drinking on the occasion was the result of ill health which began before his arrival in Washington, though the exact nature of the ailment is not specified.

Biographer Stephen Ambrose opined that this was the best speech of Eisenhower's presidency.

Biographer Joseph McBride argues that Capra's disillusionment was more related to the negative effect that the House Un-American Activities Committee ( HUAC ) had on the film industry in general.

Biographer Smith, however, maintains that evidence against Babcock was circumstantial.

Biographer Tim Pat Coogan sees his time in power as being characterised by economic and cultural stagnation, while Diarmaid Ferriter argues that the stereotype of De Valera as an austere, cold and even backward figure was largely manufactured in the 1960s and is misguided.

Biographer Suzanne Finstad notes that a " turning point " in her life as an actress was upon seeing the film A Streetcar Named Desire: " She was transformed, in awe of Kazan and of Vivien Leigh's performance ... became a role model for Natalie.

Biographer Clarice Stasz and others believe that London's father was astrologer William Chaney.

Biographer James Curtis writes: " Tracy was scarcely a blip on the box office barometer in 1935, a critics ' darling and little more ".

Biographer and historian Jeffry D. Wert wrote that " Longstreet ... was the finest corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia ; in fact, he was arguably the best corps commander in the conflict on either side.

Biographer Evelyn Wells, however, accepts Hatshepsut's claim that she was her father's intended successor.

Biographer Carolly Erickson wrote, “ In choosing her lovers Rose followed her head first, then her heart ”, meaning that she was adept in terms of identifying the men who were most capable of fulfilling her financial and social needs.

Biographer S. R. Shutt speculates that it was either inspired by Elliott Avenue, a street that Smith had lived on in Portland, or that it was suggested by his then-girlfriend.

Biographer Leon Edel was the first to call attention to the importance of the " theatrical years " 1890 – 1895 for James's later work.

Biographer T. Harry Williams described the extravagant praise from throughout the Confederacy that " The Hero of Fort Sumter " received for his victory: " He was the South's first paladin.

Biographer Gerald Astor stated that " Joe Louis ' early boxing career was stalked by the spectre of Jack Johnson.

Biographer Joanna Woods has said that this work signalled a turning point for Mansfield, when she was able to display a " new objectivity that gives the story a universal dimension ".

Biographer Ezra Squier Tipple wrote: " If to speak with authority as the accredited messenger of God ; to have credentials which bear the seal of heaven ... if when he lifted the trumpet to his lips the Almighty blew the blast ; if to be conscious of an ever-present sense of God, God the Summoner, God the Anointing One, God the Judge, and to project it into speech which would make his hearers tremble, melt them with terror, and cause them to fall as dead men ; if to be and do all this would entitle a man to be called a great preacher, then Asbury was a great preacher.

" Biographer Ian McIntyre discusses the possibility of Reynolds having enjoyed sexual rendezvous with certain clients, such as Nelly O ' Brien ( or " My Lady O ' Brien ", as he playfully dubbed her ) and Kitty Fisher, who visited his house for more sittings than were strictly necessary.

Biographer Marc Eliot called Eastwood's role " an amalgam of the Man with No Name, Dirty Harry, and William Munny, here aged and cynical but willing and able to fight on whenever the need arose ".

Biographer and friend Jonah Raskin explains that " Worcester provided him with his view of society and his way of dealing with the world.

Biographer Marc Eliot wrote that McQueen had an affair with his Bullitt co-star Jacqueline Bisset, although Bisset has not confirmed this.

Biographer Phil Baker believed that Spare derived the word from the Ancient Greek words zoe, meaning life, and zoion, meaning animal or beast, with Spare also being attracted to the exotic nature of the letter " z ", which rarely appears in the English language.

Biographer Marian Brandys attempted to deal with some of these doubts in his book " The troubles with Lady Walewska " and he went as far as questioning the very existence of documents from La Branchoire.

Biographer Earl Conrad said, " Nobody clearly knew what he wrote or didn't write .... Publishers tend to credit him with writing the songs known to bear his name as a lyricist ....

Biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli, in his book Madonna: An Intimate Biography called the song " quintessential Madonna music " and went on to describe it as " funky, sassy and melodic, with a Latin accent.

Biographer Slack, however, reports this not to have been the case ; Green had in fact suffered a series of strokes since April 17 of that year ( the date of the argument with an intemperate cook in the employ of her lifelong friend Annie Leary ).

Biographer John Schutz speculates that the underlying reason for Pownall's request were related to frustration with his exclusion from the major military actions of the later war years, and possibly his desire to acquire a more significant post, such as a governor-generalship of conquered New France.

* Fred Mazelis, " Interview with Bryan Palmer, Biographer of James P. Cannon, Founder of American Trotskyism ," World Socialist Website, September 28, 2007.

( Biographer Stephen Borelli notes Allen added the middle name Avrom, to honor a grandfather of his with that name who had died.

Biographer John Hawkins writes she eventually helped her husband win election in a Halifax riding with a significant Irish Catholic population.

Biographer Thomas McNamee has characterized the restaurant's history as bipolar, with triumphs alternating with disasters leading to more successes.

Biographer Susan Crean notes that " she¹s a woman at ease with herself despite the hoopla and hype of showbiz, and she suffers fools with sarcasm.