Would anyone be able to tell me about how Warwick and Mager's biographies of Ella compare with and differ from one another?
I have Warwick's book and it is fairly good. There is something "unique" about his sentence structures though and sometimes it feels as though everything is "all over the place", so to speak. Having said that, though, I wouldn't know how it would compare to other books as it is the only biography of Ella I have ever read, with the exception of Ella's Story: The Duchess Who Became a Saint by Maria Alexandra Tobias, which is more of a children's book, anyway. It also doesn't help that there are not many books available on Ella, either.
While I do find Warwick's biography to be good, I must say that I sympathise with Svetabel and concur with her much earlier comments on this thread that it is very difficult to see Ella. I personally feel as though I am looking at Ella but not seeing her. Her somewhat enigmatic character and lack of correspondence, diary entries, etc., would be contributing factors. It would be wonderful to be able to go deep into her soul as much as possible, though I don't know if Mager is any more capable of achieving this than Warwick.
Does Mager's book offer more excerpts from Ella's existing personal correspondence? How would his biography compare with and differ from Warwick's in general?
