Well, I guess our inclinations differ. I wouldn't want to read a biography of Hitchcock written by a blind man, or a biography of Shakespeare by someone who can

Well, I guess our inclinations differ. I wouldn't want to read a biography of Hitchcock written by a blind man, or a biography of Shakespeare by someone who can't speak a word of English, has read none of Shakespeare's works and knows nothing about Elizabethean society -- no matter what experts they speak to. I'm wondering though: have you read a biography you really loved by someone who completely lacked any personal insight into the work of his subject?