Thinker, philosopher, mathematician, eductional innovator and experimenter, champion of intellectual, social and sexual freedom, campaigner for peace and for civil and human rights, Bertrand Russell's life was one of incredible variety and richness. In keeping with his character and beliefs, his life story is told with vigour, disarming charm and total frankness. His childhood was bitterly lonely but unusually rich in experience. His adult life was spent grappling both with his own beliefs and the problems of the universe and mankind, and the pursuit of love and permanent happiness which resulted in no less than five marriages. The many storms and episodes of his life are recalled with the vivid freshness and clarity which characterised all Russell's writing. This new edition of Bertrand Russell's Autobiography , available for the first time in a one-volume hardback, is introduced by Michael Foot.